THE AINOS OF YKZO, JAPAN. 



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of the hut, where the Aino treasures are kept, and then three drops 

 must be offered to any special god, for whose benefit the libations are 

 offered, or to whom the Ainu are paying worship." I have not observed 

 any such regularity in their proceedings. I should say they were as 

 likely to offer two or four drops instead of three. 



The sake drinking at the great Aiuo bear feast, as witnessed by Dr. 

 Scheube, is described in the account of that festival. 



SMOKING APPARATUS. 



The smoking apparatus consists of very simple woodeu pipes, and 

 tobacco boxes also of wood, attached with cord to long, carved sticks, 

 which may be stuck in the girdle. Several pipes are shown in Fig. 78. 

 The pipes may or may not have a short mouth-piece of bamboo. 



Fig. 79. 

 Tobacco Boxes and Sticks. 



The tobacco boxes are usually oval in shape and often very well 

 carved. In Fig. 79 three of these are well shown, attached to their 

 Sticks, 



