. TWO IICXTURS IN Tin; NORTIIICRN JAr.\Xi:Si; ALPS. Note the two distinct types : on tlie left the pudding faced Japanese peasant, and on the right the Korean. conducted, through the kind offices of the local police- man, whose remote and lonely beat took him nearest to the foot of my peak, to the shelter of the onsen of Koshibu, the most secluded I had ever yet seen, and hitherto unvisited by any European traveller. Its guardian was a venerable old man of seventy-three, with patriarchal air and prince-like manners. The large bath tank, some twelve feet square, with its water heated to about 1
. TWO IICXTURS IN Tin; NORTIIICRN JAr.\Xi:Si; ALPS. Note the two distinct types : on tlie left the pudding faced Japanese peasant, and on the right the Korean. conducted, through the kind offices of the local police- man, whose remote and lonely beat took him nearest to the foot of my peak, to the shelter of the onsen of Koshibu, the most secluded I had ever yet seen, and hitherto unvisited by any European traveller. Its guardian was a venerable old man of seventy-three, with patriarchal air and prince-like manners. The large bath tank, some twelve feet square, with its water heated to about 120° F., stood before the entrance of the rough chalet which did duty for an inn, and was occupied, on my arrival, by a dozen bathers of both sexes. My request for accommodation was received with many signs of embarrassment and with ' Vol. ii, No. 21. apologies for the deficiencies of his house ; "for you see, sir," said he, " you are the first foreign gentleman I have ever seen and my accommodation is so dis- gustingly filthy that it is abominably rude of me to offer it to ; He subsequently, unknown to me, turned out the family party occupying the best room, such as it was, and offered to eject the bathers from the bath, in order that I might enjoy them both in privacy. He only begged one favour in return, which was that when the time for my evening meal arrived he might be allowed to sit on the doorstep of my chamber and watch me eat in " foreign style with foreign ; During the days of my sojourn under his primitive but most hospitable roof his sole prepossession was to minister to my comfort and, indeed, to anticipate my every wish, slender and simple though his resources were. When at length I was about to take my leave and no bill was forthcoming, I begged to know the amount of my indebtedness. At first he refused pay- ment, but at length, after much persuasion,he succeeded in stammering out: " Do you think that 5 sen (a penny fa
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