r of Hong Kong. It is not unusual these are made by the natives from solid logs, which BY E. C. ROST. to see a woman at the tiller wearing a huge umbrella- Our first view of Manila as we steam on a small are dug out, and they are impelled with a paddle. It is shaped hat and having fastened on her… … casgoes are of exporting center in the archipelago. Here are wood, about the size of an American canalboat, and used the double outrigger ferryboats which are one are covered with a bamboo roof, easily removed in sec- These native boats are constructed of wood and bam- tions. Over the after part of…
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