THE DARK SIDE OF THE PICTURE. 
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sive chests and swelling muscles. Their features partake 
more of the European cast than any other. They are 
generally regular, some even noble, while all are devoid 
of that expression of treacherous cunning which stands 
out in such bold relief from the faces of their masters,— 
the Japanese and northern Chinese. I cannot hut ao-ree 
with the author of the foregoing remark as to their 
superiority over those nations. 
The clothing of those who came under our obser- 
vation never consisted of more than three articles, 
and seldom of more than one. Generally, a dressing- 
gown-like garment, made from the inner bark of an 
abundant tree, reaching as low as the knee and confined 
round the waist by a sash of similar material, constituted 
their entire suit. Occasional!}" they wore grass sandals, 
sometimes even leggings of woven bark reaching as 
high as the knee ; but these cases were rare. Krusenstern 
says that “they clothe themselves Avith the skins of dogs 
and other animals in winter,” but we saw no signs of 
any such garments. Probably they clothe themselves 
lightly in summer in order to appreciate the warmth of 
skins during severe changes. 
The Ainos are unpleasantly remarkable as a people in 
two respects, — viz. : the primitive nature of their costume 
and their extreme filthiness of person. I doubt if an 
Ainu erer washes; hence the existence of vermin in every 
thing that pertains to them, as Avell as a great variety of 
cutaneous diseases, for Avhich they appear to have few or 
no remedies. There is another side to the picture, how- 
ever, and it is a bright one. Their moral and social 
qualities, as exhibited both in their intercourse with each 
