Farmers of forty centuries; or, Permanent agriculture in China, Korea and Japan . ng which may serve as food,even including small bulbs or the fleshy roots of edible aquaticplants. To facilitate the collection of such food materials, sectionsof the canal are often drained in the manner already described, sothat gleaning may be done by hand, wading in the mud. Familiesliving in house-boats make a business of fishing for shrimp. Theytrail behind the house-boat one or two other boats carrying hun-dreds of shrimp-traps, cleverly constructed in such a manner thatwhen they are trailed along the bott
Farmers of forty centuries; or, Permanent agriculture in China, Korea and Japan . ng which may serve as food,even including small bulbs or the fleshy roots of edible aquaticplants. To facilitate the collection of such food materials, sectionsof the canal are often drained in the manner already described, sothat gleaning may be done by hand, wading in the mud. Familiesliving in house-boats make a business of fishing for shrimp. Theytrail behind the house-boat one or two other boats carrying hun-dreds of shrimp-traps, cleverly constructed in such a manner thatwhen they are trailed along the bottom the shrimps dart into holesin the trap, mistaking them for safe hiding-places. Travel between Shanghai and Hangchow at times is very of six or more house-boats, each towed by a steam launch,are run by various companies and are daily crowded with passen- 156 TRAMPS AFIELD gers. Our train left Shanghai at , and reached Hangchowat the following day, covering a distance of more than117 miles. We paid $, gold, for the exclusive use of a first-. FlO. 80. - Tlie rocfutly rciiiM\-,<l :il i lir ii|i|mt src-i nui < .1 i il liisi ca-tion, is heavily cliarged with largo snail shells. Tlic lower section shows theshells in the soil of a recently spaded field. cabin, five-berth stateroom for myself and interpreter. It occu-pied the full width of the boat, except about 14 inches of footway,and could be entered from either side down a flight of five berths were flat, naked wooden shelves 30 inches wide, separ- HOUSE-BOAT TRAIN 157 atcd by a partition headboard 6 inches high and without railingin front. Each traveller provided his own bedding. A small tableupon which meals were served, a mirror on one side and a lampon the other, set in an opening in the partition, permitting it toserve two cabins, completed the furnishings. The roof of the cabinswas covered with an awning and divided crosswise into two linesof berths, each
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