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fish-giKino is i"a- rro;ii pleasant, as was experienced by Mr. Harrington 

 at B.ikan, wliere the steamer up the Inland Sea had a large quantity of 

 sacks of it on board. 



Mollusca are also largely used for food, especially cephalopods, 

 haliotis, and the larger shell fish, of which iaiinense numbers are taken 

 for home consumption and export to China. 



A visit had been made to Enoshima, where a large trade is done 

 in shells and other marine productions, and many articles manufactured 

 from shells, corals, etc. Specimens of the celebrated glass-rope sponge 

 {Hyalomma Sieholdil) can always be obtained in this interesting place, 

 and form favourite souvenirs for visitors. 



The waters of Japan contain great numbers of crustaceans, the 

 most remarkable of which is Macrochei-'us KcemPferi., called by the 

 fishermen Taka-ashi (long legs) the limbs extending ten or more feet 

 from tip to tip. A very large specimen was seen in the Ueno Museum, 

 Tokio. A curious little crab found down in the Inland Sea has on its 

 back a striking resemblance to a human face, and has connected with 

 it interesting legends. At Yokohama and elsewhere small crabs may 

 be seen running about the roadvvays, and scuttling into their burrows 

 in the damp ditches. At Chofu a larger and more handsomely marked 

 species abounded so much that, despite its agility and wariness, many 

 were killed on the road by passing jinrickshas. 



Of reptiles the most frequently observed were two species ot lizards, 

 one ot which has the hinder part of the body and the tail of a very 

 bright greenish blue. In Hakone lake a red-bellied newt was very 

 abundant in shallow water. Other species of newts also occur, and, 

 like the lizards, are caught in large numbers and dried for medicinal 

 purposes. A curious little Gekko {Pteroiadylus Yainari) frequents 

 houses, subsisting upon insects and hiding by day in crevices. Snakes 

 of several species abound, but only one poisonous species is found, 

 viz., Tngonocephaliis Blomhoffi., which is considered to be a good nerve 

 strengthener when skinned and cooked. Small green tree-toads were 

 common, and one specimen was seen of a very large toad with whitish 

 belly, white blotches along the sides and reddish markings on the 

 head. 



In the ponds and tanks which frequently adjoin temples may be 



