How the world travels . re closely covered, lookas if they would be very airless and uncomfort-able, but in them long journeys are made, andthe mules thus loaded may be met in companywith bullock-carts and long lines of camels on thegreat caravan road which leads from Persia intothe heart of Central Asia. In Afghanistan women and children travel oncamels, wooden panniers being hung on eitherside of the animals hump, while betw^een them isa kind of platform sheltered by a little tent-likeawning. On we go, through Thibet and over the Hima-layas, where we see shaggy yaks coming acrossthe steep pa
How the world travels . re closely covered, lookas if they would be very airless and uncomfort-able, but in them long journeys are made, andthe mules thus loaded may be met in companywith bullock-carts and long lines of camels on thegreat caravan road which leads from Persia intothe heart of Central Asia. In Afghanistan women and children travel oncamels, wooden panniers being hung on eitherside of the animals hump, while betw^een them isa kind of platform sheltered by a little tent-likeawning. On we go, through Thibet and over the Hima-layas, where we see shaggy yaks coming acrossthe steep passes with heavy loads on their backs,and so reach India, the strange vehicles of whichhave been already described. TRAVEL IN STRANGE LANDS 103 There was, however, one province which wasomitted when we visited India before, and this isPondicheriy, which belongs to France and is theonly district of the great peninsula not underBritish dominion. In this place a very originalconveyance called the push-push is to be seen. It. PONDICHERRY PUSH-PUSH. is a light carriage with wheels, springs, and awn-ing complete, but instead of being drawn by ahorse it is, as its name implies, pushed frombehind by two stalwart natives. East of India, across the Bay of Bengal, isBurmah, a country where, as in Japan, everythingseems to be picturesque and artistic. Here we 104 HOW THE WORLD TRAVELS see little gaily clad women driving in charmingtwo-wheeled carts which have gracefully curvedfronts like the bows of a boat. Over the heads ofthe passengers is arranged an umbrella-shapedawning, and the bullocks which draw these daintyconveyances wear elaborately decorated harnessand have collars hung with tinkling bells. From Burmah our journey takes us to Siam,where elephants are used both for transport pur-poses and to carry travellers into the mountainsand forests of the interior. The howdahs of theseelephants are very curious, having large hoodswhich project both in front and at the back. Leaving the cont
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