. A'Chu and other stories. an; riki,power; sha, carriage. This definition describes thevehicles used here, except that I have never seentwo men pulling a jinrikisha. It is not uncommon tosee one man pulling the vehicle and another man be-hind pushing it. A few jinrikishas are built wider, andcarry two passengers. At first this appeared to me a very odd way oftraveling. Can you imagine yourself seated in a car-riage drawn by a man pulling between the thills asyou have been used to seeing horses pull? To be sure,the man is not harnessed so that he cannot get away,and you do not drive with bit an
. A'Chu and other stories. an; riki,power; sha, carriage. This definition describes thevehicles used here, except that I have never seentwo men pulling a jinrikisha. It is not uncommon tosee one man pulling the vehicle and another man be-hind pushing it. A few jinrikishas are built wider, andcarry two passengers. At first this appeared to me a very odd way oftraveling. Can you imagine yourself seated in a car-riage drawn by a man pulling between the thills asyou have been used to seeing horses pull? To be sure,the man is not harnessed so that he cannot get away,and you do not drive with bit and rein, but he useshis human strength to pull while you sit and ride. The first time I rode in one of these man-power carriages was in Japan. A company of us from the America Maru were going to see the sights. Everyone else, by turns, got into a jinrikisha, and at last Itook one. The ricksha man started. How he ran! fol-lowing the others down the principal street, in fullview of everybody, the passenger in the seat holding. Strange Methods of Travel 45
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