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Scientific American, Vol. 87, No. 11 (September 1902) (1902)

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f Hong Kong. It is not unusual these are made by the natives from solid logs, which BY E. C. HOST. 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 fiat and having fastened on her… … exporting center in the casgoes are of FERRY ON THE BINONDO CANAL, MANILA. 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…

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