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S.S. "Gaelic" at Nagasaki

Here is a group of Japanese engaged in the arduous task of coaling the great steamer anchored out in the harbor.The scaffolding on which they stand is built up from the deck of the lighter which brings out the coal. It is constructed with bamboo cross pieces on wooden uprights; and the coolies stand in tiers, one above the other, passing the small straw coal-filled baskets from hand to hand with great rapidity.

The Phonoscope, 07/1898.