. The Far East and the new America; a picturesque and historic account of these lands and peoples, with the following special articles: China. - saw the black folds which had encircledthe new-born mountain take on the bright aud purjjle hues of the goldenrobes of the suu goddess, which told them that she was pleased at the 444 THE FAR EAST. appearance uf tlie newcomer, whicli Visu saw was higher and niiglitierthan any nunintain he had ever seen, and he had penetrated far into theregion of tlie northern liills. He named it Fujiyama, dechiring that itwas a j9ee; luoantabi, wliieh distincti(
. The Far East and the new America; a picturesque and historic account of these lands and peoples, with the following special articles: China. - saw the black folds which had encircledthe new-born mountain take on the bright aud purjjle hues of the goldenrobes of the suu goddess, which told them that she was pleased at the 444 THE FAR EAST. appearance uf tlie newcomer, whicli Visu saw was higher and niiglitierthan any nunintain he had ever seen, and he had penetrated far into theregion of tlie northern liills. He named it Fujiyama, dechiring that itwas a j9ee; luoantabi, wliieh distincti(jn it lias borne ever since. Asthe days passed, and the young giant grew cahuer and milder in hisappearance, Visu loved nothing better than to sit at eventide, with hisdays toil done, and watch the rays of the setting sun, as they played. SHIRAITO WATERFALL, FUJIYAMA. arcjund the still smoking crest in jjurple streaks that lapped over intotwilight. In time Vi^u learned strange facts concerning the birth of Fujiyama,hh mountain, as he delighted to call it, and which he looked upon as awatchman of the plain. In tlie same hour that it had risen from tlieheart of the great greenwood, all the sacred hills of the Kyoto district haddisappeared Avith a great hue and hubbub, and wdiere they had stoodquickly shone a trancjuil sheet of water of a heavenly blue. It was JAPAN. 445 shaped like the loved lute, and was named Bivva. The people knew nowthat the Peerless Mountain had travelled nearly two hundred miles under-ground in order to reach its abiding-place. Though he was the guardian of the great greenwood, and the keeperof its secrets,, being on visiting terms with the Tengus, and often met ousacred grounds the gods and goddesses that ruled over the things andcreatures primeval, it was fully a year later before Visu dared to l
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