. Japan's inheritance, the country, its people, and their destiny . ny season proper, which in its turn hasthe period June lo to July J assigned to it inthe calendar. An elusive and disconcerting thingis this rainy season. Sometimes a misty cool-ness, sometimes a hothouse mugginess pervadesthe land. There is frequent, but rarely torren-tial, rain. In a normal year this is followed byseveral weeks of fine hot weather—the timeof all times for travel in the interior. In thecoast districts the thermometer goes up to 85°or 90° Fi. in the shade; Europeans who arecompelled to stay at home don their d
. Japan's inheritance, the country, its people, and their destiny . ny season proper, which in its turn hasthe period June lo to July J assigned to it inthe calendar. An elusive and disconcerting thingis this rainy season. Sometimes a misty cool-ness, sometimes a hothouse mugginess pervadesthe land. There is frequent, but rarely torren-tial, rain. In a normal year this is followed byseveral weeks of fine hot weather—the timeof all times for travel in the interior. In thecoast districts the thermometer goes up to 85°or 90° Fi. in the shade; Europeans who arecompelled to stay at home don their ducks,mosquitoes begin to get troublesome, and thescreech of the cicada is heard in the land. Allwho can get away join the general exodus tothe hills—the corps diplomatique and the mis-sionary fraternity leading the way. There, atany rate, all goes merrily as a wedding-bell—in a normal year. Unfortunately, the normal andthe abnormal have a trick of changing places—unaccountably and at short notice. The nyubalfails to come off, things go wrong with the 34. A SUMMER SCENE, CENTRAL JAPAN.
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