. Diaries and letters. lacquered wooden tablets.^0XW^1-M^b^^ i>/:o 3- so far as are concerned ^|| — 43 — — 44 — I have learned only to recognise the letters ofmy own name, and the simpler form oinun erals. On every teachers desk there is a smallhibachi of glazed^ blue-and-white ware, contain-ing a few lumps of glowing charcoal in a bedof ashes. During the brief intervals betweenclasses each teacher smokes his tiny Japanesepipe of brass, iron, or silver. The hibachi anda cup of hot tea are our consolations for thefatigues of the class-room. Nishida and ofie or two other teachersknow a good d
. Diaries and letters. lacquered wooden tablets.^0XW^1-M^b^^ i>/:o 3- so far as are concerned ^|| — 43 — — 44 — I have learned only to recognise the letters ofmy own name, and the simpler form oinun erals. On every teachers desk there is a smallhibachi of glazed^ blue-and-white ware, contain-ing a few lumps of glowing charcoal in a bedof ashes. During the brief intervals betweenclasses each teacher smokes his tiny Japanesepipe of brass, iron, or silver. The hibachi anda cup of hot tea are our consolations for thefatigues of the class-room. Nishida and ofie or two other teachersknow a good deal of English, and we chattogether sometimes between classes. But o more often no one speaks. All are tired afterthe teaching hour, and prefer to smoke insilence. At such times the only sounds with-in the room are the ticking of the clock, andthe sharp clang of the little pipes being rappedupon the edges of the hibachi to empty out theashes. im I. glazed ^^-j^HT-C^V^-Cfc*, gp ^I^*^T^J:V% — 45 — » - 46 -. October 15, 1890. ^T^O-DAY I witnessed the annualathletic contests [trndo-kwai) of all the schools in ShimaneKen/ These games werecelebrated in the broad castlegrounds of Ninomaru. Yesterday a circularrace-track had been staked off,^ hurdles^ erect-ed for leaping, thousands of wooden seatsprepared for invited or privileged spectators,and a grand lodge built for the Governor, allbefore sunset. The place looked like a vastcircus, with its tiers of plank seats rising oneabove the other,*^ and the Governors lodgemagnificent with wreaths and flags. Schoolchildren from all the villages and towns withintwenty-five miles had arrived in surprisingmuUilude. Nearly six thous md boys and girls im I- ^^^mkv^}i iMf ? o 2. stake off ^x-mn Jo ^. hurdles j^^/flOg^ hurdlerace fj; £*l»i»^-^O hurdle. - 47 - n^\t^ H stp<!ii^^ (o m^n-r:j3S:llt#ffi|9*D ^ ^^4^ A^,5- l(lge fS^,/]/^, 6- one above the other —|2~^^ tii ^ o - 4S - were e
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