178 Shadowings 



Fif My, 



Whenever you go to look at the place where the dried 

 fish are kept, 1 never do you find any room, not even a 

 crevice. 



O this slip of great fishing ! 



Sixthly, 



From six to six o'clock is cleaning and washing : the 

 great cutting and the small cutting are more than can be 

 done. 



O this ship of great fishing ! 



Seventhly, 



All up and down the famous river Tondgawa we send 

 our loads of oil and fertilizer. 



O this ship of great fishing! 



Eighthly, 



All the young folk, drawing the Yatai-bune? with ten 

 thousand rejoicings, visit the shrine of the God. 



O this ship of great fishing ! 



Ninthly, 



Augustly protecting all this coast, the Deity of the river- 

 mouth shows to us his divine favor. 



O this ship of great fishing ! 



1 Hosbika-ba : lit., " the hoshika-place " or " hoshika-room." " Ho- 

 shika " is the name given to dried fish prepared for use as fertilizer. 



* Yatai is the name given to the ornamental cars drawn with ropes 

 In a religious procession. Yatai-buni here seems to mean either the 

 model of a boat mounted upon such a car, or a real boat so displayed 

 in a religious processsion. I have seen real boats mounted upon festi 

 val-cars in a religious procession at Mionoseki. 



