Most of the things we need are brought here on trains. Where is there in our neighborhood a freight railroad station? Is it near our school?
CHINESE TRANSPORTATION.
Some products are taken from the country to the town in wagons. You have seen the big hay wagons which go a long way from some farm to take food for the city horses.
How else are products carried? Coffee, rubber, pepper, chocolate and much silk are brought here from distant lands in ships. If you go to the harbor of a large city you can see hundreds of busy men unloading the big steamers.
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Ships and railroads carry not only foods but people too. There are many ways of carrying people and products. These are some of the ways:
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1. On the backs of animals, as horses, camels, elephants.
2. In wheelbarrows.
