How the world travels . CARRO DA MONTE, MADEIRA. From the Azores, or Westward Islands, wejourney on until we come to the West Indies, TRAVEL IN STRANGE LANDS 99 where, in Jamaica, we find that large, four-wheeled wagons are used in the sugar have high sides so that great quantities of. BULLOCK CART, AZORES. the canes can be carried, and are drawn by fouror six oxen. Small donkeys with panniers also have theirshare of work in Jamaica, but the negro inhabi- 100 HOW THE WORLD TRAVELS tants do much of their transport for themselves,and on market days chattering crowds of womenmay
How the world travels . CARRO DA MONTE, MADEIRA. From the Azores, or Westward Islands, wejourney on until we come to the West Indies, TRAVEL IN STRANGE LANDS 99 where, in Jamaica, we find that large, four-wheeled wagons are used in the sugar have high sides so that great quantities of. BULLOCK CART, AZORES. the canes can be carried, and are drawn by fouror six oxen. Small donkeys with panniers also have theirshare of work in Jamaica, but the negro inhabi- 100 HOW THE WORLD TRAVELS tants do much of their transport for themselves,and on market days chattering crowds of womenmay be seen making their way into the towns withgreat baskets of fruit or heavy bundles tied up ingay bandana handkerchiefs on their woolly heads. After seeing the islands of the Atlantic Oceanwe skirt round Africa and come to Madagascar,where we find litters in use which are much likethose we have already seen in many countries andin many ages. A traveller who visited Madagascarin 1861 describes a royal procession when thequeen rode in a palanquin that was richly gilt andembroidered with gold and scarlet. We now cross Asiatic Turkey and reach toPersia, where, if we wish to see the country, wemust engage horses for ourselves and baggage-mules to carry our goods and chattels. A travellerwho went fro
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