National Institute of Informatics - Digital Silk Road Project
Digital Archive of Toyo Bunko Rare Books

These bridges which present a characteristic feature in the scenery of eastern jungles, are constructed of cane and secured to the banks at either end by the ramifications of the aerial roots of the Fittree and various other tropical trees. Though light and elastic in their materials they are quite strong enough to bear the weight of a man carrying a heavy load; but when of any considerable length, the vibrations render the passage over them very difficult. The length of the bridge is 317 feet, its height, above the water, 52 feet. The depth of the river amounts in its central parts 16 feet.