Farmers of forty centuries; or, Permanent agriculture in China, Korea and Japan . 62 GRAVE LANDS OF CHINA find the men of so large a stature, much above the Chinese usuallyseen in the United States. They were fully the equal of largeAmericans in frame, but without surplus flesh, though fewappeared underfed. To realize that these are strong, hardy menit was only necessary to watch them in pairs carrying on their. Fig. 27. - Men freighters going inland with hiads of matches. shoulders bales of cotton suspended from strong bamboo poles;while the heavy loads they transport on wheelbarrows throught
Farmers of forty centuries; or, Permanent agriculture in China, Korea and Japan . 62 GRAVE LANDS OF CHINA find the men of so large a stature, much above the Chinese usuallyseen in the United States. They were fully the equal of largeAmericans in frame, but without surplus flesh, though fewappeared underfed. To realize that these are strong, hardy menit was only necessary to watch them in pairs carrying on their. Fig. 27. - Men freighters going inland with hiads of matches. shoulders bales of cotton suspended from strong bamboo poles;while the heavy loads they transport on wheelbarrows throughthe country over long distances, as seen in Fig. 27, prove theirgreat endurance. This same type of vehicle is one of the commonmeans of transporting people, especially women, and four, sixand even eight may be seen riding together, propelled by a singlewheelbarrow man. Ill TO HONG-KONG AND CANTON WE had come to these countries to learn how the old-worldfarmers had been able to provide materials for food andclothing on such small areas for so many millions, at so low aprice, during so many centuries, and were anxious to see them onthe soil and among the crops. The sun was still south of theequator, coming north only about twelve miles per day, so, tosave time, we booked on the next steamer for Hong-Kong tomeet spring at Canton, beyond the Tropic of Cancer, 600 milesfarther south, and return with her. On th
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