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CHAPTEE XXL 
Simidsu Excursionists — Quack-Doctors — Natural Curiosities — Habits of 
the Musina — Ursa Mnjor and Minor— Women hauling the Seine — 
Prolific Life — Village Store — Mode of catching Whales— Japanese 
Mammals — Madrepores and Mollusca — Shell-Sand — Amki — Sun- 
and-Moon Shell. 
When the Act seen” dropped anchor in Simidsu, 
or the “ Harbour of Sweet Waters,” there was great 
excitement in the village up the river from Avhich 
the harbour derives its poetic name. The advent of 
the vessel was held to be a legitimate occasion for 
the pleasure-seeking inhabitants to proclaim a gene- 
ral holiday. The bay soon swarmed with pic-nic 
parties, and the ship was surrounded by a flotilla of 
boats. The noise and confusion along-side was a 
babel of distraction. As usual, the women were 
wildly excited, their chatterings mingling shrilly 
with the vociferations of the men. Mothers held 
aloft their infants to obtain a better view. Gaping 
