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Title: Strange peoples & customs
Year: 1921 (1920s)
Authors: Evans, Adelaide Bee
Subjects: Children Missions
Publisher: Mountain View, Calif., Pacific Press
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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valued at forty dollars. Her hatwas a pointed affair of straw, finely woven,with a little trimming. A man-propelled trolley We waited awhile for the boats, but theydid not come, so at last we decided to go bytrolley. This was great fun. The trolleywas a small hand car, such as is used by agang of men who repair and keep railwaytracks in order at home. A narrow track hadbeen laid out to a rubber estate some milesaway, so the sheets of rubber, packed in boxes,could be more easily brought to the railwaystation. What made the trolley go? Four men, onesitting at each corner, and pushing with onefoot — very much as you have seen little boyssitting in an express wagon, and pushingthemselves along. We had a chair apiece to sit on, but mostof our company sat or stood on the little spacethat was left. The men began to push, andaway we went over the rough, narrow, curv-ing track. When we met a carload of sago,we had to wait for it to back onto a switch.If we met a trolley coming toward us, one
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Home of a Chinese Farmer in the Midst of the Jungle, Borneo had to get off the track, car and all, till theother passed by! As we were pushed along, we saw a numberof the long native houses such as I have toldyou about. Two or three times we caughtglimpses, through the coconut trees, of gaylypainted structures that had been built abovegraves. At last, we came to the home of oui*Chinese friend, who was pleased to welcomeus, and showed us his house and his farm. I wish I could tell you everything we sawgrowing in his garden! There were coffeebushes, and baskets of the coffee berries near,coconuts, rubber trees, sweet potatoes, beans,peanuts, bananas, and I know not what be-sides. The owner works hard from morning (315) 316 STRANGE PEOPLES AND CUSTOMS till night taking care of it, and bringing waterfrom the river to water it. It was getting toward sunset by this time;SO after having prayer with the man, we wentback to the trolley. One does not like too wellto be out in these lonely place

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