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dimensions. Tlic fiimous Namto, or whirlpool in 
the Inland Sea, is depicted, with its rocky dangers 
and eddying waters. The artist has even attempted 
to realise the fearful earthquake wave, similar to 
that which, not very long ago, overwhelmed the 
town of Simoda. The perils of whaling form the 
subjects of some startling pictures. The boatmen 
are hurling spears from their painted boats, and the 
dark leviathan of the deep is seen plunging beneath 
the foaming waters, his mighty tail being the 
principal object in the foreground of tlie picture. 
Tea-houses, embowered in clouds of the pink> 
coloured blossoms of the almond tree, and overlook- 
ing a river on which boats are sailing, and distant 
hills ; bridges of vast proportions, with comphcated 
wooden beams, put together with consummate skill 
and ingenuity ; a snow storm ; a long, low, undu- 
lating bridge, like the uneven back of the far- 
famed sea-serpent, are also among the wonders of 
nature and art contained in this curious Japanese 
volume. 
