. How the world travels . land, and in them the powdered andpatched ladies went to their balls and routs, butit is strange to think of the quaint old-worldconveyances being carried by stalwart Turkishporters along the dark, muddy streets of anOriental city. These chairs, like the agricul-tural carts of Wales, come down to us from apast age, and another strange survival is seen atSchiessel, a village near Bremen, where thepeasant girls drive to weddings and other festivi-ties in large wagons that, painted and decoratedwith garlands of flowers, are exactly like the oldcarts and charettes of the
. How the world travels . land, and in them the powdered andpatched ladies went to their balls and routs, butit is strange to think of the quaint old-worldconveyances being carried by stalwart Turkishporters along the dark, muddy streets of anOriental city. These chairs, like the agricul-tural carts of Wales, come down to us from apast age, and another strange survival is seen atSchiessel, a village near Bremen, where thepeasant girls drive to weddings and other festivi-ties in large wagons that, painted and decoratedwith garlands of flowers, are exactly like the oldcarts and charettes of the Middle Ages. Russia is a country where the carriages appearvery strange to English eyes, for there threehorses are driven abreast, and while the two outeranimals gallop, the one in the centre is trained to STRANGE VEHICLES OF EUROPE 29 trot. As may be imagined, a very skilful andexperienced driver is necessary to guide thesedroskeys, as they are called, along the roughcountry roads or through the crowded streets ofa SCHIESSEL CAR. Among other curious vehicles which may beseen in Europe are the small two-wheeled omni-buses of Portugal and the quaint, gaily-decoratedcarts of Sicily. These latter conveyances arepicturesque and interesting, for they are covered 30 HOW THE WORLD TRAVELS with paintings of figures and landscapes, whileeven the wheels are ornamented and draw these brilliant little carts, and they
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