Japan and the Japanese

NORIMONS AND KANGOS. 287
their hands ; otherwise, they lay it upon
their shoulders. All these
Norimon-men are clad in the same livery, with the coat of arms or
mark of their masters. They are every now and then relieved by
others, who in the mean time walk by the Norimon's side.
"The Kangos are not near so fine nor so well attended. They are
much of the same figure, but smaller, with a solid, square, or sometimes
a round, pole, which is either fastened to the upper part of
:he roof, or put through it underneath. The Kangos commonly
made use of for travelling, chiefly for carrying people over moun-
tains, are very poor and plain, and so small, that one cannot
sit in them without very great inconveniency, bowing the head
and laying
the
legs
across. They are not unlike a basket with a
round bottom, and a flat roof, which one reaches with his head. In
such Kangos we are carried over the rocks and mountains, which
are not easily to be passed on horseback. Three men are appointed
for every Kango, who, indeed, for the heaviness of their burden, have
sn)agh to do."