strove to stun it with a blow on the nose. As it turned 
it gaped its jaws wide, but oddly enough not a sound came 
work, and has opened up quite a new field in which artistic 
results can be obtained in the winter. 
Lecture — Japan. To-night Ponting gave us a charming 
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Nikko and its beauties, of Temples and great Buddhas. 
Then in more touristy strain of volcanoes and their 
s, tiny tree-clad islets, 
1 their bathers, Ainos, 
veil given and we all of 
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