'The human porter who was the most ubiquitous carrier of heavy loads, the A-frame on his back piled high with wood, vegetables, fish, seaweed, bamboo, paper, or pots and pans. It was said that a man could lift up to 250 lbs. with ease and 300 lbs. with assistance. With 100 lbs. on his back he could average thirty miles a day.' This porter, standing beside the railway tracks, is perhaps just waiting for work. Source: Pratt, Keith. Old Seoul, 2002, p. 36.
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