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CHAPTER XX. 
The Seto-Uchi, or Inland Sea — Tomo— Gay Spectacle— Tlie Temple — Tea- 
house in the Suburb — Priest and Dancing Gilds — 'Women of Japan 
— The Kiphon Belle at Home — Female Costume— Strange Fashions 
— House of a 'VYealthy Man of Tomo — Saki Distilleries — Yokohama 
— Curiosit}'-Shops — Beautiful Carvings— Japanese Contrasts — The 
Narruto or Mniirlpool. 
AVhen vrc entered the Seto-Uclii — ^tlie Inland Sea, 
the great water highway of Japan — by the Kino 
Cliannel, we were immediately struck by the signs of 
native industr}", the number of trading junks, the 
fertile apj^earance of the islands, and their numerous 
population. These indications of commercial pros- 
perity and activity are observed throughout the 
whole length of the Sea, which is two hundred 
and forty miles. We noted the tree-crowned summit 
of Kasaneyama, and the white quartz cliffs of Tsa- 
kahara, the palace of the Dainiio Hida on the lianks 
of the river which waters the plain about Waka- 
yama and the low, wooded coast of Noma-Sima. 
