. An American engineer in China . 5*i»;*i-j^^- Fast Freight by Wheelbarrow In the up-country ol the Yang-tze Valley suchwheelbarrows are the great means of fast freighttransportation. On them the farmer will take hissupply of produce to market, or if he has to takehis wife along, for she with her small feet cannotwalk, he will usually place her on one side andpossibly a dead hog that he has slaughtered thatmorning on the other side in order to balance Chapter VIII : Inland Communication 239 As the Yang-tze is left and Southern China isapproached, it is interesting to note the gr
. An American engineer in China . 5*i»;*i-j^^- Fast Freight by Wheelbarrow In the up-country ol the Yang-tze Valley suchwheelbarrows are the great means of fast freighttransportation. On them the farmer will take hissupply of produce to market, or if he has to takehis wife along, for she with her small feet cannotwalk, he will usually place her on one side andpossibly a dead hog that he has slaughtered thatmorning on the other side in order to balance Chapter VIII : Inland Communication 239 As the Yang-tze is left and Southern China isapproached, it is interesting to note the gradualdiscontinuance of the wheelbarrow ; its wheelgets smaller and takes a position farther forward,more like the western machine, and, at last, itdisappears from use entirely. The rich or official Chinese on a journey alwaysuses a sedan chair borne by two, three, or fourmen, according to his jneans and station, and fol-lowed by a line of coolies carrying the miscella-neous lot of goods and encumbrances supposed tobe necessary for his comfort. Such a man neverwalks, as it would be quite beneath his dignity todo so. On my own trip it was with the greatestdifficulty that the attending officials could be per-suaded, if they really ever were, that it was pos-sible for a man to prefer the freedom of being onfoot to the cramping restraint of the little box ofa chair. But whether in the north or in the centre or inthe south, if the Chinaman is unable to call to his
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