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HAKODADI BAY. 
with the groups of small shaven-pated children, in 
long cotton gowns, whose acquaintance I soon 
made, though they w^ere a little shy at first. 
Tliey gathered wild flowers as I passed along, 
and gleefully presented them to me, reminding 
me of a similar custom I had observed in Wales. 
After our return to Hakodadi, a few days of 
monotonous routine on board a ship made me 
desirous of renewing my acquaintance with the 
shore. As the day was fine and tempting I took 
my course along the wide sweeping curve round 
Hakodadi Bay. Long strings of horses, carrying all 
kinds of merchandise, passed me repeatedly. I 
bought a wicker-basket for an itzebu,” and filled it 
with skulls and shells before I ffot afloat aorain. I 
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intended to cross the narrow sandy isthmus con- 
necting the two bays, and follow the outline of the 
outer one. I wandered far along the sandy beach, 
my sootliing j)ipe inviting meditation. My eyes, 
that ‘‘ to their earthy mother tended,” 'were intent 
on chalcedony, carnelians, and nodules of marble, 
