Chinese pictures : notes on photographs made in China (1900)
Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy), 1831-1904 · London ; New York : Cassell and Company · leaf 26
ably theswamp. The bearers are patient, much-enduring people, who dotheir work thoroughly and without complaining, in the faceof mud, and rain, and difficult roads. They will carry atraveller from twenty to twenty-five miles a day. Whena lady occupies the chair the curtains are rigidly closed.It… … CARRIAGE BY BEARERS. A TRAVELLER ARRIVING AT AN INN IN MANCHURIA. There are various ways of carryinga travellers baggage. Sometimes it isslung in the centre of bars and carriedas the travellers own chair is carried.More often a package is slung at eachend of a bar, which is placed across…
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