How the world travels . ts of Asia the women ride in a muchmore airy and comfortable fashion, being providedwith cushioned panniers slung on either side ofthe camels back and sheltered by a light the occasion of a wedding in the Nile Deltadistrict, the bride is carried on a camel in a curiouserection shaped like a Red Indian wigwam anddecorated with a large tuft of palm-leaves. From the deserts we go to the great tropicalforests, and there, although there is plenty ofwater and shelter from the fierce rays of the sun,travellers have to encounter new difficulties, newhardships, and new
How the world travels . ts of Asia the women ride in a muchmore airy and comfortable fashion, being providedwith cushioned panniers slung on either side ofthe camels back and sheltered by a light the occasion of a wedding in the Nile Deltadistrict, the bride is carried on a camel in a curiouserection shaped like a Red Indian wigwam anddecorated with a large tuft of palm-leaves. From the deserts we go to the great tropicalforests, and there, although there is plenty ofwater and shelter from the fierce rays of the sun,travellers have to encounter new difficulties, newhardships, and new dangers. Those of us who have seen only woods in ourown islands can hardly imagine what one of thegreat forests of Central Africa, America, or Asiais like, with its huge trees, strange plants, and hot,steamy atmosphere, dank with the smell of rottingvegetation and stagnant water, or heavy with theoverpowering fragrance of some tropical is almost dark, for the foUage is dense, and the 80 HOW THE WORLD TRAVELS. CARRIERS IN THE FOREST.
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