. The science of railways . directly as-those of aMethods ofin Japan will alively characterof other counrailroads, elecmodern of the burdensin Japan fromriod has beenbacks of menThis, with itsgiving in flu-led with the en-thrift of themade them strong and hardy. They are also brave,frugal and adaptive. They appreciate withal thevalue of a liberal and stable government, but arenot imbued with tbhe visionary schemes that are still used or aresociated withlater date,transportationways be distinct-istic, as are thosetries, althoughtrie cars andare being intro-The great bulktransportati
. The science of railways . directly as-those of aMethods ofin Japan will alively characterof other counrailroads, elecmodern of the burdensin Japan fromriod has beenbacks of menThis, with itsgiving in flu-led with the en-thrift of themade them strong and hardy. They are also brave,frugal and adaptive. They appreciate withal thevalue of a liberal and stable government, but arenot imbued with tbhe visionary schemes that are still used or aresociated withlater date,transportationways be distinct-istic, as are thosetries, althoughtrie cars andare being intro-The great bulktransportationthe earliest pe-borne on the and women. strength-^^^ences, coup- ergy and people, has CARRIAGE IN JAPAN. 189. This drawing including those that follow are, in the main, the work of aJapanese artist who undertook to portray for the author such forms of primi-tive carriage in Japan as would illustrate past and present methods. Theabove illustration depicts a beggar drawing a cart through the streets seekingalms. It is a peculiarity of this interesting country that the law forbidsbegging on the streets except on particular days, and then only at *«5Buddhist temples. 190 CARRIAGE IX JAP AX. destroying good government in many countriesthat esteem themselves much farther advancedin civilization. At the present time horses areused more or less in Japan to draw they were employed only to bear bur-dens. Oxen, that at one time were used to haulloads, are now scarcely used at all. Much lessuse has been made of animals in connection withcarriage in Japan than is the custom in Europeor America. Men and women delight in thehardy exercise and labor of burden men of Japan are n
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