. Notes and sketches from the wild coasts of Nipon; with chapters on cruising after pirates in Chinese waters. Natural history; Pirates. x,/ CHAPTER X. JAPANESE CUSTOMS AND HABITS. The Japanese are less given to romance than any people I have ever seen. The rather worn-out story of the forty Eonins approaches, if true, to the romantic. But the nearest thing to a little bit of true romance that ever came under my own observation was the following:—A Japanese girl of good family and posi- tion fell in love with a common coolie, and throwing aside all parental authority ran away with him. They cr
. Notes and sketches from the wild coasts of Nipon; with chapters on cruising after pirates in Chinese waters. Natural history; Pirates. x,/ CHAPTER X. JAPANESE CUSTOMS AND HABITS. The Japanese are less given to romance than any people I have ever seen. The rather worn-out story of the forty Eonins approaches, if true, to the romantic. But the nearest thing to a little bit of true romance that ever came under my own observation was the following:—A Japanese girl of good family and posi- tion fell in love with a common coolie, and throwing aside all parental authority ran away with him. They crossed a good stretch of sea, and, reaching an island, set up their wigwam in ^this out-of-the-way place. The husband took to fishing for a livelihood, and for a time life was very pleasant to these two young things. But, alas! their blissful retreat was soon visited by the common enemy of mankind, and the young wife. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original St. John, Henry Craven, 1837-1909. Edinburgh, D. Douglas
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