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Show 2 PAPERMAKIN I INDO-CHIN the driver put me on the front and most uncomfortabl bench; the other two seats were filled wit Tonkinese Anamese, and Chinese; no other person shared the fron seat with me. smy scant two hundred pounds require only a portion of the forward bench and as the two othe seats were crowde with sweating humanity the nativ passengers naturally placed their surplus miscellaneou baggage upon the front bench, pressing me in so I coul scarcely move. Not only was I surrounded byall manne of bundles, bags, and boxes, but an old Anamese peasan woman placed her caged pink cockatoo by my side,and wrinkled Tonkinese gentleman could find no safe footing for his odoriferous pet monkey except on the benc mistakenly designated as first-class The operator of the omnibus was a barefoot Eurasia lad, no doubt one of the numerous offsprings of tempe mental French officials and affectionate Anamese ladies Each native traveller had an ample supply of betel-nut the expectorated juice of which soon sprayed a fresh re pigment over the floor of the automobile. As previousl outlined, the chewing of the betel imparts an attractiv ebony tone to white teeth, but the natural colour of th chewed nuti ally drip wit stores of Indi continuousl the floor wit The nativ a vivid crimson; the floors and walks literred stain. In many of the native shops an the inner plaster walls of the buildings ar wainscotted to a convenient height fro the ever-present scarlet saliva folk were at last composed in the Renaul Digital mage© 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah, All rihts reserved |