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do not use water for driving the lathes, which have only a half-1otary 
motion and are worked entirely by foot-power. 
The weather was very unpropitious, and the roads were in a very bad 
condition. It still continuing to rain heavily, we stopped at Ashinoyu 
for two days. Few birds were seen, except Passer montanus, Emberiza 
ciopsis, and the sprightly Japanese nightingale, Cettia, which, despite 
the rain, sang merrily on every roadside. 
From Ashinoyu, over the grass hills skirting Hakone Lake, we walked 
on to Higashitanaka, 2 small town about 6 miles from our destination, 
where, procuring a kuruma, we arrived at Subashiri on the same day. 
Subashiri, situated on the east slope of Fuji, 2,500 feet above the level 
of the sea, is almost due west from Yokohama about 45 miles. It is 
one of the principal towns from which the pilgrims make the ascent of 
the Sacred Mountain. Though small it consists mainly of “ tea-houses,” 
or native hotels, and can probably accommodate 600 or 800 guests. 
Arriving three or four weeks ahead of the pilgrim season, we found the 
place quite deserted, and were fortunate in securing two very good 
rooms at the best tea-house in the place. Here we worked from the 
28th of June until the end of July, and, although we had ten days of 
bad weather, we succeeded in getting 326 specimens and about 60 
species of birds, besides a few nests and eggs. A number of interest- 
ing first plumages of birds were obtained which have hitherto been 
undescribed. The approach of the pilgrim season filled the town with 
guests, whose curiosity in regard to our doings became a positive an- 
noyance. From the middle of July until the end of August an average 
of over 1,000 persons ascended the mountain daily from the various 
towns around its base. A large proportion of these people passed 
through Subashiri. 
Having accomplished all that it was possible for us to do unless we 
had waited for the fall migration, we determined to seek a new field. 
Returning to Yokohama for fresh supplies, we resolved to continue our 
work in the central part of Japan. We accordingly left on the 22d of 
August, taking a tent and outfit for an extended trip in the mountains. 
We first camped out on the shores of Chiusenji Lake, among the Nikko 
Mountains, about 90 miles nearly due north from Yokohama. 
At this elevated region (4,375 feet above the level of the sea), although 
early in September, the nights were quite cold, and very few birds were 
to be obtained. A fine specimen of the honey buzzard (Pernis apivorus) 
was brought to us by an old native hunter, who shot it with his matvh- 
lock gun; the young of the rare robin (Larvivora cyanea), also the young 
of the Eastern bullfinch (Pyrrhula orientalis), were the most interesting 
birds we collected at Chiusenji. 
An occasional kite was seen flying over the lake, refuting the testi- 
mony of the guide-book, which states that “no fish live in it.” Swifts, 
which are so numerous in summer, had all departed when we arrived, 
and a sojourn of ten days at the lake convinced us that we had arrived 
