Burma . •4 CARTS AND ROADS 139. 310. BURMAN PONIES. for heavy wheels and the lightspider wheels he uses in pleasureand racing-carts. The Burmanemploys a very long hub tosteady the wheel, which is asyet unprovided with turnedaxles and boxes. Padduk andpyinkado wood are used forhubs, with plain iron bushesat the ends. Teak is used forspokes and felloes. The axleis of imported round bar iron,with plain linch-pins ; the endof the wooden axle-bed formsthe shoulder. The bar-iron for tyres is likewise imported. Imported springsare coming into use in the light carts. European vehicles built by Chinese
Burma . •4 CARTS AND ROADS 139. 310. BURMAN PONIES. for heavy wheels and the lightspider wheels he uses in pleasureand racing-carts. The Burmanemploys a very long hub tosteady the wheel, which is asyet unprovided with turnedaxles and boxes. Padduk andpyinkado wood are used forhubs, with plain iron bushesat the ends. Teak is used forspokes and felloes. The axleis of imported round bar iron,with plain linch-pins ; the endof the wooden axle-bed formsthe shoulder. The bar-iron for tyres is likewise imported. Imported springsare coming into use in the light carts. European vehicles built by Chineseare used by well-to-do Burmans in the towns ; they exemplify to the natives anovel departure in luxury, in which not splendour, but comfort is the standard. The country roads are merely the tracks made by the carts. As thebullocks travel in the line of the wheels, the road is passable until the rutsare so deep that the axle-bed scrapes the mound in the centre. Then thetrack is abandoned for one to the right or left. The same th
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