. Things seen in Japan . ile feels in the morning asthough beheading would be bliss, and ahinge in his neck a positive delight. Some 87 On Many Subjects of the makuras are works of art, made ofacacia-wood and beautifully inlaid. Mostare hollow, and contain a receptacle forthe solacing tobacco, which is extremelyfine cut, but generally too mild for Europeantaste. Probably there will also be two orthree ridiculously small hiscru^ or pipes, ina drawer, and close by is almost sure to bethe little wooden box containing the hibachi,with its burning charcoal, with which tolight up ones pipe. If it is
. Things seen in Japan . ile feels in the morning asthough beheading would be bliss, and ahinge in his neck a positive delight. Some 87 On Many Subjects of the makuras are works of art, made ofacacia-wood and beautifully inlaid. Mostare hollow, and contain a receptacle forthe solacing tobacco, which is extremelyfine cut, but generally too mild for Europeantaste. Probably there will also be two orthree ridiculously small hiscru^ or pipes, ina drawer, and close by is almost sure to bethe little wooden box containing the hibachi,with its burning charcoal, with which tolight up ones pipe. If it is the season formosquitoes, from the roof will be suspendeda kai/a, beneath whose meshes the wearymay hope to defy the ungentle insect. The night lamp, which is not inadvisableif one is unaccustomed to the weird noisesof a Japanese night and a Japanese dwell-ing in the small hours in summer, whenthe woodwork begins to cool, is a primitivebut effective thing, consisting of a boxsurmounted by a square screen of toughened 88. Stereo Cofyright, Underviood &■ U. ;idQn <jr .\ ^ork. A CANAL NEAR THE CENTRE OF boatmen employed by different firms often wear cotton cloibinir witli On Many Subjects })aper divided up into panels. Withinthis lamp is set the tiny vessel containingthe oil and a paper wick moored to a tinyHoat, which, when lighted, diffuses a softradiance throucjh its translucent sides. If one is a light sleeper this fragile lampmay prove a source of alarm, for againstits tightly-strained sides, which rattle liketiny drums, will impinge a host of moths,flying beetles, and tiny downy - wingedinsects, which will keep up a constantrattle like mimic drums beating a reveille. The first night in a Japanese housepossesses for Europeans and travellers fromthe West an almost unspeakable sense ofinsecurity. It seems as though the fragiledwelling, with its shuji of toughened paper,and hardly more substantial karakumi,would fall an easy prey to the winds ofheaven. A
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