Contents 



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shima Ebisu returns Abbott Kobe speaks 

 English Osaka Wakayama The Bay of 

 Waka - A disconsolate giant A little lady 

 Physical handicaps Our deferential young 

 friend Garden of rest 



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1. Otaki replaces Abe Dr. Schneder Unac- 

 customed ceremony A study of the "hidden 

 hills" A strange fish Thrifty monkeys 

 "Fauna Japonica" Count Uesugi The 

 earthquake at Ichinoseki The Tokaido 



Morioka Morioka red iron Waste of 

 talent Japanese psychology The grip of 

 caste Gracious hospitality 



2. Mutsu and the Kitakami Vagrant souls 

 "Fool lacquer" Aomori City "Blackiston's 

 Line" Hakodate A big rock-pool catch 

 Mororan An afternoon off Edomo The 

 chief and his family Official welcome My 

 deficiencies revealed Ainu women The 

 Ainu race Yamato invaders Ainu resist- 

 ance A difficult problem 



3. Crowded sea-wrack A new industry 

 Luscious fruits Agriculture practically 

 limited to rice Local flora "Manners 

 makyth man" Japanese humor Poor 

 economy The sage of Sendai Our helping 

 hand The Shimonoseki affair Grant at 

 Nikko Sendai generosity 



4. "Cussing on the up grades" Off for the 

 heights Sacred Nantai-san The author 

 as botanist Kegon-no-taki and Lake Chuzenji 



Lacy Ryuzu A flowery plain Yumoto 

 and its surroundings Riotous ornament 

 Social strategy 



5. Addressing the teachers of Utsunomiya 

 Yokosuka My strange preference Kuri- 

 hama "birds" Perry at Kurihama Not 



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