Chapter I: Front Matter

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HOW THE WORLD TRAVELS

HOW THE WORLD
TRAVELS

BY

A. A. METHLEY, F.R.G.S.

ILLUSTRATED BY

W. H. HOLLOWAY

NEW YORK
FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY
PUBLISHERS

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. TRAVEL IN THE OLDEN DAYS 1

II. COACHING DAYS 11

III. STRANGE VEHICLES OF EUROPE 21

IV. JOURNEYS THROUGH INDIA 32

V. THE CONVEYANCES OF CHINA AND JAPAN 41

VI. JOURNEYS THROUGH AFRICA 52

VII. JOURNEYS IN THE NEW WORLD 63

VIII. TRAVELLING IN THE WILDS 74

IX. THROUGH ICE AND SNOW 84

X. STRANGE TRAVEL IN STRANGE LANDS 95

XI. TRAVEL OF YESTERDAY AND TO-DAY 105

XII. THE TRAVEL OF TO-MORROW 117

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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PREHISTORIC SLED 3

EARLY CART WITH SOLID WHEELS 4

EGYPTIAN CHARIOT 5

ROMAN TRAVELLING CARRIAGE 6

ROMAN LITTER AND MOUNTING STOOL 7

EARLY SIDE-SADDLE 9

A MEDIÆVAL COACH 12

AN OLD FAMILY COACH 13

RIDING PILLION FASHION 14

SEDAN CHAIR 15

POST-CHAISE 16

IN THE WILD WEST 17

SEASIDE CARRIAGE DRAWN BY GOAT 22

BELGIAN DOG-DRAWN CART 25

SEDAN CHAIR, CONSTANTINOPLE 26

TURKISH MOURNING CAR 27

SCHIESSEL CAR 29

SICILIAN CART 30

CAR IN COLOMBO, CEYLON 33

BOMBAY CAR WITH HOOD 35

CONVEYANCE FOR ZENANA LADIES 36

EKKA 37

CAMELS HARNESSED TO CARRIAGE 38

CHINESE COUNTRY CHAIR 43

MULE PALANQUIN 44

WHEELBARROW OMNIBUS 45

A TRAVELLING TRADESMAN 46

CHINESE CART 48

JAPANESE RICKSHAW 49

CAPE BULLOCK WAGON 53

DURBAN RICKSHAW 55

BEIRA TRAM 58

CAIRO CART 59

IN MOROCCO 61

AMERICAN TROTTER 64

QUEBEC CALÈCHE 65

LLAMAS 68

CUBAN VOLANTE 69

AUSTRALIAN BOUNDARY RIDER 71

COUNTRY COACH, AUSTRALIA 72

MIXED TRANSPORT IN NIGERIA 76

CAMEL WITH BRIDAL BOWER 78

CARRIERS IN THE FOREST 80

MONO-RAIL WORKED BY NATIVES 82

ICE-BOAT 86

REINDEER AND SLEDGE 87

EXPLORERS DRAGGING SLEDGE 88

INDIAN TRAPPER ON SNOW-SHOES 90

ENGLISH SLEDGE 92

A HAPPY PARTY IN AUSTRALIA 93

BULLOCK CARRO, MADEIRA 96

TRAVELLING HAMMOCK, MADEIRA 97

CARRO DA MONTE, MADEIRA 98

BULLOCK CART, AZORES 99

MADAGASCAR LITTER 101

PONDICHERRY PUSH-PUSH 103

EARLY ENGINE 107

WHITE SUDAN TRAIN 108

MOUNTAIN RAILWAY 109

HIGH BICYCLE 111

EARLY CYCLE 113

EARLY MOTOR-CAR 114

MONO-RAIL CAR, WITH GYROSCOPE 119

OVERHEAD TROLLY 121

MONOPLANE, THE FIRST TYPE TO
CROSS THE CHANNEL 123

WATERPLANE, BIPLANE, AND
SCOUT BALLOON 125

ILLUSTRATIONS II

RIDING A BULLOCK IN AFRICA. frontispiece

STATE ELEPHANT IN INDIA. 32

PALANQUIN FOR ARAB WOMEN. 81

HOW THE WORLD TRAVELS