Around the world with General Grant: a narrative of the visit of General , ex-president of the United States, to various countries in Europe, Asia, and Africa, in 1877, 1878, 1879To which are added certain conversations with General Grant on questions connected with American politics and history . his splendor the wall has beendraped with heavy silks, embroidered with gold and silver, withquaint and curious legends of the history of Japan. Thesedraperies lend a new richness to the room, and you admirethe artistic taste which suggested them. The merchants enteragain, bearing meats. Adva
Around the world with General Grant: a narrative of the visit of General , ex-president of the United States, to various countries in Europe, Asia, and Africa, in 1877, 1878, 1879To which are added certain conversations with General Grant on questions connected with American politics and history . his splendor the wall has beendraped with heavy silks, embroidered with gold and silver, withquaint and curious legends of the history of Japan. Thesedraperies lend a new richness to the room, and you admirethe artistic taste which suggested them. The merchants enteragain, bearing meats. Advancing to the center of the room,and to the General, they kneel and press their foreheads to thefloor. With this demure courtesy the course begins. Other 490 JAPAN. attendants enter, and place on each table the lacquer bowlsand dishes. Instead of covering the tables with a variety offood, and tempting you with auxiliary dishes of watermelonseeds and almond kernels, as in China, the Japanese give youa small variety at a time. I am afraid, however, we havespoiled our dinner. Our amiable friend, Mr. Yoshida, warnedus in the beginning not to be in a hurry, to restrain our curi-osity, not to hurry our investigations into the science of a Ja-panese table, but to pick and nibble and wait—that there were. TRAVELING IN THE KA good things coming which we should not be beyond the con-dition of enjoying. What a comfort, for instance, a roll ofbread would be and a glass of dry champagne ! But there areno bread and no wine, and our only drink is the hot prepara-tion from rice, with its sherry flavor, which is poured out of ateapot into shallow lacquer saucers, and which you sip not with-out relish, although it has no place in any beverage known toyour experience. We are dining, however, in strict Japanesefashion, just as the old daimios did, and our hosts are too goodartists to spoil a feast with champagne. Then it has been going AN HISTORICAL DINNER. 49I on for hours, and when you have rea
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