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TEMPLES. 
ordinary tombstones, and even bere and there some 
elaborately sculptured cenotaphs. 
I used to fancy the cemetery at Kensal Green 
picturesque and pretty, but the old graveyard at 
Nagasaki is far -more attractive. The ground is 
hilly, and portions .have been formed out of the 
solid rock. The family graves are decked with 
living flowers, the use of immortelles appearing to 
Ije unknown. At certain times, we are told, the 
tombs are lighted up with particoloured lanterns, in 
honour of the dead, and the relatives hold a mys- 
terious kind of carousal with the spirits of the 
departed ; at other times, groups of young people 
spend hours kneeling before the decorated shrines of 
their relatives, or wander cheerfully among the 
flower-strewn avenues. 
The temples dedicated to the worship of their 
deities, are vast and dingy l3uildings abounding in 
hideous idols. These vary in their form and fashion 
according to the nature and character of the beings 
they are supposed to represent. The majority, how- 
ever, are either immense gilt or bronze images of 
