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arCj however, very appropriate ; anakuma, for exam- 
ple, or hole-bear,” is the appellation by which the 
badger is known. 
Some of the objects brought on board by the 
cjuack-doctors were sufficiently curious, and sug- 
gested reminiscences of the earlier ages of medicine 
in England. One offered leeches in an earthen jar ; 
another disj)layed a bloated toad ; a thii*d paraded 
frogs, skinned, dried, and spitted on bamboo skewers; 
and a fourth was the fortunate possessor of a bundle 
of dried vipers, with the jaws extended to show their 
poison-fangs. Others had snails packed up in grass, 
or bamboo-boxes crammed with slugs, heads of the 
singidar fish Fistularia, or flute-mouth, the velvet- 
covered budding horns of deer, dried camomile 
flowers, and fern-powder. 
One of the prettiest things I procured from the 
good people of Simidsu was a Musina, or female 
Tanuki, the head of which was revealed to me softly 
nestling on the breast of a young boy. I purchased 
her, and she soon became a great pet, not only of 
^ her master, but of all on board. I brought her 
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