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hundred of them all jumbled together, but one in its simplicity. 

 This gives you the best idea. 



I s[)()kc a while ago of the geographical nature of Japan. 

 You see that it must have an immense coast line, which gives it 

 an <)[)})ortunity for a large fishing business. Thousands upon 

 thousands of the Japanese are engaged in the fisheries. The 

 laboring class live almost entirely out of doors in the summer- 

 time, and that is, I think, one reason why they are so healthy. 

 If you were there on a holiday, you would find all ages and 

 sizes out in the streets and public gardens. Here is a coolie or a 

 man who works in the warehouses or stores. He has upon his 

 back a character which designates his position in the store. 

 Here is a man wearing a native dress and having an American 

 hat upon his head. They are trying to adopt civilized costumes, 

 as we call them, and they are many of them doing it by halves. 



The people love to get out of doors. They love gala days 

 and festivals. This is evidently one of their festivals. Here is 

 a ceremony of a different nature. It is a funeral. The priests 

 at the head are reading in the rites that take place at a Bud- 

 dhist funeral. Those on the left are the mourners. This is the 

 inside of one of their temples. This funeral is at the cemetery. 

 The coffin is a large white box. The Japanese does not lie in 

 the coffin but sits in it, and the coffin is usually white. These 

 ladies dressed in white are mourners. The mourning costume is 

 almost always white, not black like ours. It is a custom which 

 I think is ahead of ours. It seems to me that it is the right 

 color, if you propose to have a peculiar color for so sad a time. 



We will go away from this capital city of Tokio towards the 

 city of Nikko. As you journey from Tokio you can go on foot 

 or be carried in a jinrikisha, or you can go by rail. If you wish 

 to see the country you will go on foot. You will find by the 

 roadside occasionally a tea-house. Here is one. The Japanese 

 loves to rest and he does not go far in a day. The tea-houses 

 are scattered at intervals along the road so that the traveller can 

 sto{) and rest. He sits down and while he is resting the tea is 

 brought to him. He rests perhaps for fifteen minutes or a half- 

 hour and then goes on to the next tea-house. These are very 



