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A Woman’s Journey Round the World

CHAPTER XII
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The Hindoos, like the Jews, are such determined foes to walking, that they do not think the worst place in the most wretched cart beneath their acceptance.
The vehicles in most general use are narrow, wooden cars upon two wheels, and composed of four posts with cross-beams.

Coloured woollen stuff is hung over these, and a kind of canopy keeps off the sun.

There is properly only room for two persons, although I have seen three or four crowded into them.

This put me in mind of the Italians, who fill a carriage so that not even the steps are left vacant.

These cars are called baili.


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