. The playground of the Far East . The Fujikawa. [To fate p. 98. KULTUR 99 the valley of the Fujikawa, and by all accounts theirbehaviour was such as to justify the subsequentimposition of almost any charges the landlord mighthave thought fit to demand. Truly it is the march of kultur such as theirsthat, like the restive donkey, hits hardest those whofollow in his wake ! High up on the hillside above the village lies agold-mine of local fame, stated to have been workedcontinuously since 1681. The ore, which is sentdown in wooden shoots, is found in quartz-veinsin the Palaeozoic clayslate
. The playground of the Far East . The Fujikawa. [To fate p. 98. KULTUR 99 the valley of the Fujikawa, and by all accounts theirbehaviour was such as to justify the subsequentimposition of almost any charges the landlord mighthave thought fit to demand. Truly it is the march of kultur such as theirsthat, like the restive donkey, hits hardest those whofollow in his wake ! High up on the hillside above the village lies agold-mine of local fame, stated to have been workedcontinuously since 1681. The ore, which is sentdown in wooden shoots, is found in quartz-veinsin the Palaeozoic clayslate and sandstone. Soon afterleaving Ho-mura, at , our track diverged fromthat of our predecessors, as we kept closer to thebank of the Hayakawa up to its confluence with theFujikawa, a less toilsome and more picturesque scenery is varied and charming all the way, andas we crossed the tributary Amebata-gawa on theright bank, we halted to enjoy at leisure a prospectwhose beauties had attracted the august attention of
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