. The science of railways . s the camel, but isdiminutive and a poor substitute for either thecamel, ox or horse. The accompanying illustra«tions of carriage in South America are interestingand varied, considering the newness of everything. the countryand the devices that have been brought into playfor cheapening and expediting primitive methoduof carriage. Railroads are everywhere encour-aged. The two wheeled cart, so seldom seen inthe far north, is here a favorite vehicle, not onlyin the cities but on the vast pampas of theinterior. In Brazil, which has a large negropopulation, many of the s
. The science of railways . s the camel, but isdiminutive and a poor substitute for either thecamel, ox or horse. The accompanying illustra«tions of carriage in South America are interestingand varied, considering the newness of everything. the countryand the devices that have been brought into playfor cheapening and expediting primitive methoduof carriage. Railroads are everywhere encour-aged. The two wheeled cart, so seldom seen inthe far north, is here a favorite vehicle, not onlyin the cities but on the vast pampas of theinterior. In Brazil, which has a large negropopulation, many of the simple devices of equa-torial Africa are noticed. The methods of car-riage of the Peruvians are, on the whole, themost attractive of any. They resemble those of (418) CARRIAGE IN SOUTH AMERICA. 419 Mexico somewhat, and are more or less per-meated with the spirit of the ancient civilizationof the Incas. They suggest the connection,impossible to define, between the civilization ofa remote past and the present. In this far-off. country v\^e are surprised to find vessels and raftsmade of inflated skins, the same in idea as thoseused by the people of Central Asia three thousandyears before our era. Is the coincidence a chanceone; if not, whence the avenue of connection?In South America, as in other countries, every 420 CARRIAGE IN SOUTH AMERICA. device that can be made serviceable to facilitateand cheapen carriage is brought into play. Inthe vast unsettled portions of the country, as inNorth America, the bullock stands as the chiefof carriers. Docile, he is easily kept, and whenno longer useful will furnish his owner food. This happy conjunc-tion has made him afavorite in every age,and will so long asman possesses astomach and has needof beasts of America is agreat triangular pen-insula connected withNorth America on thenorthwest by theIsthmus of is bounded on thenorth by the Carri-bean Sea, on the eastby the AtlanticOcean, on the west byon the south by thefou
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