JAPANESE SHORE STATIONS 



into the greasy oilskins and rubber boots, and would 

 clump along in front to the wharf, lighting the way 

 with a chochin (paper lantern) that I might not bump 



"Transverse incisions were made in the portion of the body re- 

 maining in the water, a hook was fastened to a 'blanket 

 piece' and as the blubber was torn off by the winch the 

 carcass rolled over and over." 



my head on the eaves and rafters of the low station 

 shed. 



Every day Scio-san religiously went to her ugly lit- 

 tle stone joss in the playhouse temple on the hillside 

 and prayed that the "American-san" might catch 

 many \vhales and porpoises for the hakubutsu-kwan 

 (museum) in the wonderful fair)- city across the Pa- 



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