CONTENTS. XV 



Second day and Third day — Bear and Nigou — Beautiful 

 View — Charm of Atmosphere — Puzzled Wolf — Oaks and 

 Chestnuts — Four days' Observations — Birds and Beasts on 

 the Mountains — Courtesy of the People — Temples — Beauty 

 of the Miniature Gardens — Houses of the poor invariably 

 clean — Children's Games — Baby Nurses — Baby Mortality — 

 The strong ones survive — A young Smoker — Effects of Civili- 

 sation — Gentle Manners of the Natives disappear under the 

 bad influence of Western Nations — Missionaries — Roman 

 Catholics and Protestants — Forests of the Kii Coast — One 

 species of Deer — Four kinds of Snipe — Pheasants — Osprey — 

 Falcon and Sea Eagle — Sheep — Kindly act Pages 123-149 



CHAPTER VII. 



Insects — Little Blood-suckers — A troublesome Fly — Spider's 

 Web — Hornets and their Nests — Centipedes — Mosquitoes 

 — Horse -Fly — Ant-Lion — Pit, and mode of capturing 

 his prey — Tree Frog ^ Salamander — Fossil Elephant's 

 Tooth Pages 150-159 



CHAPTER VIII. 



SHOOTING, ETC. 



A day's sport in Yesso — Bamboo Grass— Good Cover for Big 

 Game — Can it be a' Bear ? — Waiting for Duck — Otter attack- 

 ing Retriever — Twilight — Flight of Birds— A white patch on 

 the Muzzle — Wood Grouse — A good country for Black 



