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to another on little donkeys or in sedan chairs, that is if they don't have their own ponies. We have 2 Mongolian ponies, Lucy & I, & we enjoy riding over these paths or trails. They do have some very heavy & clumsy 2-wheeled carts for hauling heavy loads. They wind & twist their way over broader trails, wh for the horrible condition they are in wd. make an Amer. farmer crazy. These roadways are few and far bet. They are full of deep gullies & ruts. No one ever thinks of grading or draining or working them. The carts are pulled by donkeys & mules. The other day I saw a mule a cow & a donkey hitched to & pulling the same cart. I do have a large measure of int. in these poor, patient industrious farmers. They live in the little villages. There are no single farm houses or cottages as with us. The same instinct that prompts them to build mud walls around their houses, their villages & cities also prompts the to live in village groups. Each day they travel thru several winding paths thro the fields from the villages to their own respective patches of ground. They are such an industrious, patient, poverty-stricken lot. I can't help thinking what their lives have been & contrasting the same wi that of a corresponding class in our country from our point of view what a cheerless life theirs has been & is. They never had a bath, doubtless never wash their faces. They never saw a wash-basin or a tub or a bath tub. They never saw a towel or a cake of soap. They never had a Sundays rest. As children, they never went to school or read a book or a newspaper. They never wrote a letter or received one. They never went to a circus or experienced the joy of drinking red lemonade. They never ate stick candy or pop-corn balls or rode in a merry-go-round. They never had a sled or a pair of skates. They never played marbles or played "hookey." They never went hunting or fishing or nutting. They never played ball or a game of cards. They never