Outing . ntle luster, therecame peace and sleep, doubtless hastened BIC YCLING IN J A PA N 327 by muscular fatigue, by a dinner ofsalted salmon and roasted sweet pota-toes, a bean-cake made adhesive withglue, a fish curled round a ball of rice,copious draughts of saki, which steamedin a long-nosed pot overlaid with drag-ons—a most unsuitable decoration fora punch-bowl. To smoke in Japan is to perform afunction. A smiling maiden fetched abox of sand as if she were about to cleanthe knives, and lit a sulphur matchwhich smelled as vilely as if it weremade in she allow-ed to glow as its
Outing . ntle luster, therecame peace and sleep, doubtless hastened BIC YCLING IN J A PA N 327 by muscular fatigue, by a dinner ofsalted salmon and roasted sweet pota-toes, a bean-cake made adhesive withglue, a fish curled round a ball of rice,copious draughts of saki, which steamedin a long-nosed pot overlaid with drag-ons—a most unsuitable decoration fora punch-bowl. To smoke in Japan is to perform afunction. A smiling maiden fetched abox of sand as if she were about to cleanthe knives, and lit a sulphur matchwhich smelled as vilely as if it weremade in she allow-ed to glow as itstood on endin the brought apipe whosestem was ofbamboo metal-tipped, and thebowl thereof adollmakersthimble. Intothis she presseda pea of finesttobacco, andlighting itagainst theglowing matchinhaled onelong softlaughter shewiped them outhpieceand passed thepipe over. Afew puffs ex-hausted it, butanother wasready. In thisway one canspend a rainyday very pleasantly,inquiries from the. Then I framedguide book, andfeasted mightily on rice and eggs andnative beer. All these things broughtpeace, and I slept calmly that nightbetween two mats. In the morning a fat fairy brought ina vase of water, which I drank, and acobweb, which I used as a napkin. If Ichose to drink my bath it was none ofher concern, and she only smiled. Here I was away from the curio shopsof coarse china, meretricious gilt-copperstorks, commonplace monkeys, mercu- rial prices, and goods that are worthlessas well as dear—merchandise, and notart, too vulgar to stay long in the coun-try of its manufacture. The next days journey brought meto Shidruoka, 125 miles from five miles from this town is atunnel through a ridge of hills. A road-way leads upwards in a zigzag fashion,and then pierces the hill by a tunnel twohundred yards in length, one end facedwith stone, one part supported by tim-ber arches, and the rest hewn out of the solid rock. That nightsresting - placewas a cross be
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