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of Miyagi-Ken, which corresponds to the province of 

 Rikuzen. At this meal all the bygone customs, 

 including ancient music exquisitely rendered by 

 Miss Terada and her gifted tutor, were carried out 

 to perfection. 



The governor, much disappointed that I had left UospUai- 

 Mrs. Jordan in Tokyo, proposed to send a trust- '^y^i^hout 

 worthy lady at once to the capital to bring her up. ^''"' 

 But as this would involve a ride of twelve hours 

 each way, in cars none too comfortable, I was obliged 

 to decline in my wife's behalf. Indeed, before we 

 left for home, the unstinted hospitality of our good 

 friends brought both of us near to the limit of our 

 endurance, as the reader may well imagine. 



Upon my return from Sendai, there followed a 

 busy week of dinners, luncheons, and lectures, the 

 general note being that of international friendliness. 

 Of the social affairs, nearly all of which were formally 

 elegant, two dinners were also semi-official. That TheOzaki 

 given for us by Mr. and Mrs. Yukio Ozaki in the '^''"' 

 name of the municipality of Tokyo (of which Ozaki 

 was then mayor) was an elaborately beautiful and 

 expensive function in Japanese style. Here I was at 

 somewhat of a disadvantage, in one respect at least. 

 Most if not all the other foreign guests had been 

 long enough in the country to keep their places on the 

 elegant floor cushions, and to acquit themselves 

 creditably with chopsticks. My bulk disposed itself 

 as usual with difficulty; Mrs. Jordan, being some- 

 what partial to a nest on the floor, was in her element. 

 The many and varied courses served in fine lacquer 

 dishes were brought in by butterfly-clad maidens 

 and placed upon individual raised trays, also of 

 lacquer, set before each of the guests. Of these there 



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