How the world travels . hnative women of the poorer classes are carts are drawn by a mule or donkey, ledby an Arab, and each carries a group of crouchingwomen, who sit closely together with their blackveils drawn over their faces. An Arab takingout his wives for an airing —that is how touristsoften describe these quaint vehicles, but reallythey are public conveyances, and the nativewomen, having paid their fares, are going onshopping expeditions to the bazaars or to visittheir friends in some distant part of the city. Nowadays, however, these picturesque convey-ances are beginni
How the world travels . hnative women of the poorer classes are carts are drawn by a mule or donkey, ledby an Arab, and each carries a group of crouchingwomen, who sit closely together with their blackveils drawn over their faces. An Arab takingout his wives for an airing —that is how touristsoften describe these quaint vehicles, but reallythey are public conveyances, and the nativewomen, having paid their fares, are going onshopping expeditions to the bazaars or to visittheir friends in some distant part of the city. Nowadays, however, these picturesque convey-ances are beginning to be considered old-fashioned, and the natives crowd into the electrictrams which run in all directions through thetown and into the suburbs beyond. Alexandria is even more up-to-date than Cairo,for there not only tramcars but motor-omnibusesare to be seen. Morocco, another country of North Africa,although much nearer to Europe, is still verymuch behind the times, and therefore even more JOURNEYS THROUGH AFRICA 61. Ii;i^ ^ IN MOROCCO. interesting, perhaps, than iVlgeria and Tangier, for instance, the streets are so steepand rough that only very primitive vehicles can be 62 HOW l^HE WORLD TRAVELS used, and most people, natives and Europeansalike, ride either on donkeys, mules, or ponies. The Sok, or market-place, in this city is mostpicturesque, for there can be seen groups of pack-mules, laden and ready to start off on some longjourney; ponies with women sitting on strangesaddles set sideways like chairs, and Arab chiefsmounted on their magnificent horses. Themarket-place itself is very curious, with its white-washed and narrow gateways, through which themules with their large panniers can scarcely pass. CHAPTER VII JOURNEYS IN THE NEW WORLD FROM the Old World we go to the New, andsee if we can find any curious vehicles in thegreat continents of America and Australia. Beginning with America, as that was the firstof the new lands to be discovered, we will go b
Size: 1379px × 1813px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1920, booksubjecttravel, bookyear1922
