Missionary, Visitor, The (1907) . cient ones. In the kinds of convey-ance China differs widely from India,and for comfort and convenience thedifference is in favor of China. The bullock cart is Indias chief meansof country travel. A very similar cartis to be found in China when the roadsadmit of its use. The conveyance most used in Chinais the boat. This is especially true ofsouth and central China. The littleboat called the sampan is both a homeand a means of making a living. Many people have no other home than one ofthese little boats. In a country cut up by rivers andcanals one can go almos
Missionary, Visitor, The (1907) . cient ones. In the kinds of convey-ance China differs widely from India,and for comfort and convenience thedifference is in favor of China. The bullock cart is Indias chief meansof country travel. A very similar cartis to be found in China when the roadsadmit of its use. The conveyance most used in Chinais the boat. This is especially true ofsouth and central China. The littleboat called the sampan is both a homeand a means of making a living. Many people have no other home than one ofthese little boats. In a country cut up by rivers andcanals one can go almost wherever hewishes by means of the missionaries visit their stationsand do all their traveling in their dis-tricts in these little boats. It is a verycomfortable, easy and cheap way of traveling if one is not at all in a hurry. Andhurry or not it is about the only way totravel in many districts. The Wheelbarrow. The wheelbarrow is perhaps the mostused land vehicle in China. It is thedray wagon, the cab and the market. Wheelbarrow. n 0k i 1 ? Pit t#Nii T-% £ • f ?Hf -%;*> . r»i* —AMf^AMm |L^ -<! ffs? v- R^ v*lS The Jinrickisha. wagon of China. It is surprising whatlarge loads and how many people canride on a little wheelbarrow. Thewheel is very much larger than thewheel on an American frame is built all around the wheelin such a way that it balances barrow man can carry much largerloads, with less effort, than his Amer-ican brother can carry a third as muchon his wheel. The Sedan Chair. This is the carriage of state, the of-ficial turnout. It is also one of theolder and one of the most comfortableways of travel. The chair is balancedon two poles which are carried on theshoulders of two, or sometimes of fourmen. These chairs are often very fine,made of costly material and highlyornamented. The private chairs of officers of highrank are very heavy, costly and beauti-ful. The chair is used both in the cityand country and is one
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