366 A. S. Bickmore on the Ainos of Saghalien. 
or hunting excursions in winter to the Tymy river, which flows 
eastward and empties into the Ohkotsk Sea in latitude 50° 50’ 
there is a single Aino now living on the continent. After- 
years after the discovery of Japan by the Portuguese). 
thus describes this people,* though he does not give us to un- 
derstand that he had ever seen them: “In the north of J apan, 
_ three hundred leucas (about 17 degrees), lies an extensive 
_ ‘province inhabited by savage people. They are clothed with 
_ skins, are hairy all over the body, have terribly long beards, 
_ and very long moustaches, which they lift up with a sma 
_ Stick when they wish to drink. They are fond of strong 
drinks, are bold in war, and much feared by the Japanese. 
If they are wounded in battle they wash their wounds with 
salt water; this is their only remedy. It is said that they 
carry @ mirror on the breast. They bind swords to the head 
4n such a manner that the handle hangs down on the shoulder. 
(4 hey now carry all bundles on their backs with a strap pass- 
the forehead.) They have no religion; it seems 
= 
that they are used to pray to heaven. 
__ * Elucidations of De Vries’ Voyage by Von Siebold, p. 98. 
