. How the world travels . State Elephant ix India. JOURNEYS THROUGH INDIA 33 quaint bullock carts and palanquins that satisfiedtheir ancestors in the days before the powers ofsteam and electricity had been discovered. We will begin with Colombo, as that is usually. CAR IN COLOMBO, CEYLON. the place where travellers land on their journeyto the East. When we go ashore from oursteamer we either take rickshaws, which wereintroduced into the island from Japan in 1883,or else engage one of the little bullock carts and 3 34 HOW THE WORLD TRAVELS drive through the picturesque, tree-shaded streetsof th
. How the world travels . State Elephant ix India. JOURNEYS THROUGH INDIA 33 quaint bullock carts and palanquins that satisfiedtheir ancestors in the days before the powers ofsteam and electricity had been discovered. We will begin with Colombo, as that is usually. CAR IN COLOMBO, CEYLON. the place where travellers land on their journeyto the East. When we go ashore from oursteamer we either take rickshaws, which wereintroduced into the island from Japan in 1883,or else engage one of the little bullock carts and 3 34 HOW THE WORLD TRAVELS drive through the picturesque, tree-shaded streetsof the town. These bullock carts, or gharis,have two wheels and can be driven very are provided with hoods, as the sun is veryhot in tropical Ceylon. The bullocks are often decorated with elaboratepatterns cut or branded into their hides, and thenatives excuse this cruel practice by saying thatnot only does it distinguish the animals from eachother and prevent their being stolen, but that italso protects them from rheumatism. There are many larger carts with quaint, palm-thatched roofs to be seen in Colombo. Theseare called hackeries and are found in many partsof India. It is often strange and amusing to seethe numbers of natives, men, women, and ch
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