I 
hove is a somewhat vague method of mcasure- 
nent, but it is the best you can get there, 
t'ards and feet might have been useful here; 
vhereas later on, when they were not needed, 
ve found a shop where we could buy half a 
ard of bread and sausage was measured by 
eet. However, this by the way; but one thing 
s certain, for thirty-two English miles there 
s an uninterrupted range of volcanic evidences, 
vhich include the old Volcano of Roderberg, 
till a mass of cinder and lava. The hotel there 
s built of lava and decorated with cinders, a 
nore dismal sight can scarcely be imagined, 
t would take volumes to tell of all the wonders 
)f the volcanic Eifel. The numbers of caves 
>f ever-rising carbonic-acid gas, which kills any 
mall animals placed on the ground, are less 
mmerous even than the wonderful mineral 
prings which result from the same cause. 
These include Gerolstein, Apollinaris, Tonis 
nd other waters of greater curative properties, 
>ut too horrible in flavor to have the slightest 
hance of being bottled and sold in England. 
One thing is certain about the Eifel. It is a 
Perfect storehouse of natural and geological 
nterest, but to enjoy it from every point we 
hould need a life as long and an intellect as 
;reat as Humboldt’s. 
CORMORANT FISHING IN JAPAN. 
We were weary of looking at temples and the 
jurying places of Shoguns. Most of our avail- 
ble cash had been dissipated in curio shops; 
wen the fascinating natives had begun to pall 
>n us, when “Mats,” the gentleman who acted 
s our guide, made a suggestion. “I show you 
hings you like; catch the fish with birds not 
ierce.” As soon as we tumbled to it that he 
neant cormorants, we started, and in due course 
Trrived at Gifu, the principal place for this 
lative industry. Mats was sent on in advance 
o make arrangements, while we from sheer 
orce of habit proceded to “take in the city.” 
Thank heaven, there wasn’t much to look at, 
wing to the nearly total destruction of the 
Mace by an earthquake the year before, so we 
lastened down to the river, where we found 
Mats installed in a very comfortable-looking 
uouseboat with dinner ready. 
Justice being done to his cooking, we had 
i tedious wait of an hour or so till the moon 
hose to disappear, and H. was reduced to “Pa- 
■ience,” at which exciting game he seemed emi¬ 
nently successful, judging from the language 
rising from the floor where the cards were 
pread out. 
At length, about 9:30, we were startled by a 
remendous cawing and commotion, and pulling 
jack the curtains we saw close to us five boats 
lrawn up along the shore, with flaming torches 
n iron cages hung over the bows. 
Every boat contained four men, and the boss 
>f each crew, his waist covered with a thick 
traw frock like a ballet girl’s, was engaged in 
ixing the lines to the cormorants’ backs, 
lence the cawing. Round the base of the birds’ 
tecks was fixed a metal ring, to prevent any but 
he smallest fish being swallowed. This seemed 
o us har'd lines; but Mats declared that the 
lavor of the small fish was much preferred by 
apanese cormorants. 
i When everything was ready the men in the 
Jallet dress got into position in the bows of 
,heir respective boats, each holding - the twelve 
ir thirteen lines with cormorants attached in 
heir left hands. Next to the head man stood 
he kako,” who kept the birds up to their 
vork by beating the gunwale with a bamboo, 
nd generally assisted. Next to him, again, was 
nother man working three of four cormorants 
nd in the stern was the steersman. 
; Off went the boats, bang went the “kako,” 
■na down went the cormorants. We could see 
hem in the glare darting near the gravelly bot- 
om m all directions after the fish who were at- 
racted by the light. Every second a bird was 
jauled on board, made to disgorge its prey, and 
Iropped in again. The way in which the men 
nanipulated the lines, preventing them from 
retting entangled, was marvelous, and in this 
hey were assisted by the birds themselves, for 
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