138 THE KII COAST. 



next, and mauy others. Copper-pheasants were 

 common. A single large snipe, Scolofax australis, 

 baffled my attempts to get within shot of him. Bears 

 were evidently plentiful, by the marks I saw. "Wild 

 boar, deer, nigou, and wolves roamed over these grand 

 mountains unmolested. Our own well-known common 

 wren. Troglodytes Europmus, was here. The water- 

 ouzel, Cinchis Pallasii, -was busily at work in the 

 streams, enjoying the trout spawn. It certainly was 

 most interesting finding these two birds on this high 

 range of mountains so far away from our own shores, 

 and to find their habits and peculiarities were just the 

 same as at home. The Japanese water-ouzel differs in 

 one respect from ours, by having no white horse-shoe 

 patch on the breast. 



When surveying this part of Japan, I often lived 

 with the natives for days or weeks at a time. Nothing 

 could exceed their kindness, politeness, and thought- 

 fulness. Sometimes I put up in the Buddhist temples, 

 at other times in their houses. The accommodation in 

 the former is always exceedingly nice and pleasant. 

 Suites of rooms are usually kept in readiness for 

 travellers, and for a very small daily charge I used to 

 get two or three large rooms, the use of the kitchen, 

 bath-room, etc. These rooms are almost invariably 



