Japan and the Japanese illustrated . reat toe of the left foot, and haramerinsr with his right hand aniron bar which he holds in his left. His son, also squatting in a corner, is puttingthe bars into the fire with a jtair of pincers, and passing them to his father whenreddened. The (rliicf of our escort bade us continue our march. ]>y degrees theroad be<i;an to be deserted. We were enterins; into the vast solitude of an agdome-ration of seignorial residences. On our right extended the magnificent shade of the i)arkbelonging to Prime Satsouma ; on our left the boun<lary-wall of the pal
Japan and the Japanese illustrated . reat toe of the left foot, and haramerinsr with his right hand aniron bar which he holds in his left. His son, also squatting in a corner, is puttingthe bars into the fire with a jtair of pincers, and passing them to his father whenreddened. The (rliicf of our escort bade us continue our march. ]>y degrees theroad be<i;an to be deserted. We were enterins; into the vast solitude of an agdome-ration of seignorial residences. On our right extended the magnificent shade of the i)arkbelonging to Prime Satsouma ; on our left the boun<lary-wall of the palace of thePrince of Arima. When we had turned the north-east corner we found ourselvesbefore the principal front of the building; it stretches out parallel to a plantation oftrees forming the bank of a lim[)id river which divides the Takanawa quarter fromthat of Atakosta. One of our party having made preparations to photograph this beautiful scene,two officers belonging to the Princes household came to him and begged him to dis- A A. A SUCCESSFUL RUSE. 170 continue his operatii)ns. Our friend requested tlieui to go ami take tlic orders of theirmaster upon tlie suljject ; they went, but returned in a veiy few minutes, sayingtluit tliii Irince absolutely forbade th it any view should be taken of his palace. Beatoobe3ed respectfully, and ordered the koskeis to take away the machine ; and the officersretired perfectly satisfied, without the slightest suspicion that during their temporaryabsence the operator had taken two negatives. Tiie yakouniucs of our escort, whohad been witnesses of this scene, unanimously applauded the success of our friendstrick, but when he told them that it was his intention to take a pliotograjih of thecemetery of the Taikouns, they in their turn opposed him, with a persistency thatnothing could shake. AVe were even obligrd to renounce the lu)pe of entering thecemetery. We could perceive very distinctly tlu lofty red pagoda and the sombre grovesof cypress,
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