. The science of railways . PRIMITIVE CARRIAGE IN MADAGASCAR. In no country in the world, not exceptingAfrica, are methods of carriage more primitivethan in this far off country in the southeasternseas. There are no highAvays—only rude j) Upon these the burdens of carriage are borne onthe shoulders of stalwart natives. Vehicles cannot be used except in local instances. Rude pal-anquins with canvas seats attached to poles car-ried on the shoulders of attending negroes are (359) 360 CARRIAGE 7A^ MADAGASCAR. the highest type of transportation the countryaffords. Madagascar has been known fo
. The science of railways . PRIMITIVE CARRIAGE IN MADAGASCAR. In no country in the world, not exceptingAfrica, are methods of carriage more primitivethan in this far off country in the southeasternseas. There are no highAvays—only rude j) Upon these the burdens of carriage are borne onthe shoulders of stalwart natives. Vehicles cannot be used except in local instances. Rude pal-anquins with canvas seats attached to poles car-ried on the shoulders of attending negroes are (359) 360 CARRIAGE 7A^ MADAGASCAR. the highest type of transportation the countryaffords. Madagascar has been known for a thou-sand years or more, but is still uncivilized, stillundeveloped—much of it still unexplored. Theaboriginal inhabitants are negroes. The islandof Madagascar is situated in the Indian Ocean,some two hundred miles east of the mainland ofAfrica. It has an estimated area of two hundredand forty thousand square miles, and a popula-tion of about three and a half millions. Thenumerous rivers on the island afford only meagerfacilities for internal navigation. They spreadinto lakes in the low regions and are slow, shal-low and feeble when they reach the is noted for its india rubber andother valuable forest trees. Th
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