. The New west era; an illustrated monthly devoted to Canada Northwest- May-July 1904 . n the wealthof verdure the Island atfords, whileinsects of various kinds j)lay hideand seek upon tluMu; for f]ai)an istruly the home of the festive flea,the moscpiito, thegnat: while centi-pedes, cicadas and ants Ixisteverywher(\ Dragon tlies an numerous andbeautifullv colore<l. iees are Ti^K ?^^p:^^^ avest krxV . common- the only poisonous snakeis the tnamnslii. confint^l to a fewlocalities hat tlie bed-lniir (thatpest of of many portions of \v(.Sterncontinent), is absent. Of the huttertly it is said th
. The New west era; an illustrated monthly devoted to Canada Northwest- May-July 1904 . n the wealthof verdure the Island atfords, whileinsects of various kinds j)lay hideand seek upon tluMu; for f]ai)an istruly the home of the festive flea,the moscpiito, thegnat: while centi-pedes, cicadas and ants Ixisteverywher(\ Dragon tlies an numerous andbeautifullv colore<l. iees are Ti^K ?^^p:^^^ avest krxV . common- the only poisonous snakeis the tnamnslii. confint^l to a fewlocalities hat tlie bed-lniir (thatpest of of many portions of \v(.Sterncontinent), is absent. Of the huttertly it is said thatone hundred and forty seven va-rieties exist with probably fromfifteen to twenty times as manymoths. The Japanese, as a people, aremuch attached to their baths andeven amon^; the lowest classes it isquite customary to indulge ina bath at such places as are provid-ed, at the return of each eveninghour, -no particular attention isu;iven to privacy and the bathinghour, consequently become*.^ thehour for the exchange of gossip;cleanliness, however, is attained ;:.-. JAPANESE .MERCHANTS and we are told that •cleaidiness isnext to Godliness. The people are rather undersizedwhen compared with the tall andwell built specimens (jf our westernprairies; are Mongoloid rather thanMongolian as the race is now sup-posed to be of mixed blood an 1several elements are noticalih intheir physiognomy which would^asily lead one to believe thistheory. The .bipanese call their Emperor•Son of Heiven and assertthat the first f)f their line came totlieir country with SO.()l)() court has always worn thehair uncut, as in Korea. The people of southern Japanapproach, nearly t^ the Malay type;while north of Tokio the commonjjeople UcXvf broad faces and larueeyes and are altogether less Mongo-loid. The mass of jjeople are , indifferent and the country, while the family aselsewhere, formed theorignal unit,the next unit was the five-house-holder gu
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