The voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe; with a historical review of previous journeys along the north coast of the Old World . ere we lodged for the night at an innby the side of the road Nakasendo, one of the cleanest and bestkept of the many well-kept inns I saw during our journey inthe interior of the country. Hence I sent a messenger on foot to Takasaki to order acarriage to Tokio, A former samurai undertook for a paymentof three yen (about 12s.) to carry the message. Oiwake is indeedsituated on the great road Nakasendo, but it can here only withdifficulty be traversed by carriages,
The voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe; with a historical review of previous journeys along the north coast of the Old World . ere we lodged for the night at an innby the side of the road Nakasendo, one of the cleanest and bestkept of the many well-kept inns I saw during our journey inthe interior of the country. Hence I sent a messenger on foot to Takasaki to order acarriage to Tokio, A former samurai undertook for a paymentof three yen (about 12s.) to carry the message. Oiwake is indeedsituated on the great road Nakasendo, but it can here only withdifficulty be traversed by carriages, because between this villageand Takasaki it is necessary to go over the pass Usui-toge, wherethe road, though lowered considerably of late, rises to a heightof 1200 metres. We therefore here used jinrikishas, a mode ofconveyance very agreeable to tourists, which, though introducedonly recently, has already spread to all parts of the country. Every one with an open eye for the beauties of nature andinterest in the life and manners of a foreign people, must find ajourney in a, jinrildsha over Usui-toge pleasant in a high JAPANl-SE LAUDSCAlli. GGt THE VOYAGE OF THE VEGA. [ciiAr. The landscape here is e-xtraordinarily beautiful, perhaps un-matched in the whole world. The road has been made herewith great difficulty between wild, black, rocky masses, al9ngdeep clefts, whose sides are often covered with the most luxuriantvegetation. No fence protects the jinrildsha in its rapid progressdown the mountains from the bottomless abysses by the man must therefore not be weak in the nerves if he is to derivepleasure from the journey. He must rely on the coolies keeneye and sure foot. On all sides one is surrounded by a confusedmass of lofty shattered mountain tops, and deep down in thevalleys mountain stream-S rush along, whose crystal-clear wateris collected here and there into small lakes confined betweenheights covered with greenery. Now the traveller passes adizzy aby
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