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several connoisseurs in art this wooden 
figure has been pronounced the most 
perfect and human image of man ever 
made. Masakichi has faithfully re¬ 
produced every scar, vein and wrinkle 
to be seen on his own body. The 
figure is composed of 2,000 pieces of 
wood, dovetailed and jointed with such 
wonderful skill that no seams can be 
detected. Tiny boles were drilled for 
the reception of hairs, and the wooden 
figure has glass eyes and eyelashes in 
which no dissimilarity to Masakichi’s 
own can be detected. The Japanese 
artist posed between two mirrors while 
modelling this figure, and for some time 
after his completion he posed frequently 
beside it, to the confusion of spectators, 
who were often entirely at a loss as to 
which was the artist. The figure stands 
with a little mask in one hand, and an 
instrument for carving in the other; the 
lifelike eyes are apparently gazing at the 
mask, and the face wears a look of 
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ROMAN ROADS 
A N authority on road construction says 
^ that the Romans made their main 
roads to last forever. They were com¬ 
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type of modern work. The large roads 
averaged 4 to 4 3 ^ metres, the smaller 
ones 3 to YA metres. In mountain 
regions the road was narrowed down to 
a single carriageway, 14^ metres. The 
sidewalks were larger near the cities, hut 
reduced to six-tenths of a metre in the 
outer districts. They were built of cut 
stone, at least on the border. At every 
twelve paces mounting-stones were placed 
and at every 1,000 paces milestones. 
Some of the best roads were paved with 
marble. The minor or secondary roads 
were not so carefully made, though of a 
solidity with which few modern roads 
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solid earth, which was stamped, rolled 
or staked; then on a floor of sand, 10 or 
15 centimetres thick, a layer of mortar 
was spread. T his formed the basis of 
the four courses which constituted the 
road. \ he first was a course of several 
layers of flat stones, hound by hard ce¬ 
ment or clay. This layer was usually 
30 centimetres thick, and twice that in 
bad lands. On this came a concrete of 
pebbles, stones and broken bricks, 
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