. The Far East and the new America; a picturesque and historic account of these lands and peoples, with the following special articles: China. the women are carriedin the yama-kago, or mountain-chair. The ascent is slow, until, at last,effort is rewarded by the grand sight of the lake of the mountains in itspeerless setting of rock and forest. We are now 4,375 feet above sea level, and surrounded by cloud-cappedmountains, clothed in light shades of the hard woods at their base andthe darker tints of the phie above. Lake Chuzenji is a popular summerresort, and its shores are dotted with the tea
. The Far East and the new America; a picturesque and historic account of these lands and peoples, with the following special articles: China. the women are carriedin the yama-kago, or mountain-chair. The ascent is slow, until, at last,effort is rewarded by the grand sight of the lake of the mountains in itspeerless setting of rock and forest. We are now 4,375 feet above sea level, and surrounded by cloud-cappedmountains, clothed in light shades of the hard woods at their base andthe darker tints of the phie above. Lake Chuzenji is a popular summerresort, and its shores are dotted with the tea-houses occupied during the 300 JAPAN. 397 warm period of the year and deserted through the winter. A grove ofpines, festooned with trailing mosses, stands out boldly on one of thedistant points of land, while from this rises the sheer, majestic form ofNantai-zan, the sacred moinitain. This is over eight thousand feet inheight, and on its summit the wind god is supposed to have his brings hither each season a great number of pilgrims with no othererrand than to propitiate -with appropriate tributes this fickle deity, that. UESTING KA(iu. he may remain in good humour until the autumn haiwests have beensafely stored. On the sides, broken ranges of hills, covered with densegrowths of forest, fringe the crAstal waters with a border of dark hue. Crossing the lake in a lioat, catching many a glimpse of the finny in-habitants of the waters as we pass along, we are soon wending our wayunder an archway of grape-vines, S3ringa, azaleas, and rank bamboograss, overtopped with elms, chestnuts, and maples, until we finally haltat Ryuzu-ga taki. or Dragons Head Cascade, where dancing waters make 398 ilIE FAR EAST. merry the livelong day in the midst of their lonely surroundings. Leav-ing this spot with an affectionate backward glance, we plunge into the *deeper woods. The flowers and the vines grow scarcer and more puny,we outstrip the maple with regret, while the forest grows d
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