How we are sheltered; a geographical reader (1906)
Chamberlain, James Franklin, 1869-1943 · New York, The Macmillan company; London, Macmillan & co.,ltd. · leaf 90
ate summerand fall terrible winds, called typhoons, sweepover the islands, uprooting trees and tearing downhouses. In our country we call such stormshurricanes. Like China and Japan, the Philippine Islandsproduce a great deal of rice. The plowing and FILIPIXO HOUSES 73 cultivating are done by means… … Fig. 27. — A Filipino Village. they wade in the water. Plowing and cultivatingthe rice fields is not the only work which thewater buffalo do. They take the place of horsesin drawing loads on carts. When not in use, theyspend their time in lying in pools of muddywater. 74 HOW WE ARE SHELTERED Now…
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