. The Far East and the new America; a picturesque and historic account of these lands and peoples, with the following special articles: China. JAlANI -K laJLli VMliKR. the tourist find picturesque cottages embowered in sweet-scented flowersof many-hued foliage, but everywhere the plain dwelling; the love offlowers in the heart, the absence of flowers in the surroundings ; the loveof the beautiful in the soul, the modest concealment of this in the dwell-ing— the body. The naval station of Hiroshima is reached, and the sacred island ofMiyajima is pointed out by our Japanese friends, and we look
. The Far East and the new America; a picturesque and historic account of these lands and peoples, with the following special articles: China. JAlANI -K laJLli VMliKR. the tourist find picturesque cottages embowered in sweet-scented flowersof many-hued foliage, but everywhere the plain dwelling; the love offlowers in the heart, the absence of flowers in the surroundings ; the loveof the beautiful in the soul, the modest concealment of this in the dwell-ing— the body. The naval station of Hiroshima is reached, and the sacred island ofMiyajima is pointed out by our Japanese friends, and we look upon shoreslined with stone lanterns and w-istaria-entangled groves, where deer roamat will. A prominent feature is a torii, built so far out into the waterthat, at higli tide, it is cut off from the land. We are told that there has. JAPAN. 161 never been u birth or death in this fairy-land, though it is Island is the definition of its name, but the Japanese love best tocall it the enchanted isle of Princess Sayori. This hints of romance,and we are prepared to expect what ioUows. Shintoism still prevails here, and formerly devotions were paid tothe spirits of the mountains ; but this was changed when a lovely god-dess, like Aphrodite of Cyprus, si)rang from the sea to receive the homage
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