. Notes and sketches from the wild coasts of Nipon; with chapters on cruising after pirates in Chinese waters. Natural history; Pirates. CHAPTEE XIII. EXTKACTS FROM JOURNAL. January \st, 1875, at Kobe.—A lovely, bright morn- ing ; numbers of seagulls busily picking up what they can find floating astern. They look like flakes of white snow, as they hover about close to; both the herring- gull and black-headed are here. The sun is not yet over the horizon, 7 , thermometer 36°. UJi.—How these people keep up the New Year! The streets were full yesterday of men, women, and children, but by far
. Notes and sketches from the wild coasts of Nipon; with chapters on cruising after pirates in Chinese waters. Natural history; Pirates. CHAPTEE XIII. EXTKACTS FROM JOURNAL. January \st, 1875, at Kobe.—A lovely, bright morn- ing ; numbers of seagulls busily picking up what they can find floating astern. They look like flakes of white snow, as they hover about close to; both the herring- gull and black-headed are here. The sun is not yet over the horizon, 7 , thermometer 36°. UJi.—How these people keep up the New Year! The streets were full yesterday of men, women, and children, but by far the greater part were girls, dressed in their best, painted and powdered to a great 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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