Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1859-02-11

or ornament of gold or silver worn by any
person in Japan.
AS you take an interest in the 'fair sex,
you will expect some description of the
beauties Japan. The women of condition
never make visits Except the mother to her
married daughter,) have no asscmblages Of
their "dear FIVE hundred friends" nor do
they assemble at the tea table, to hold high
courts of censuro on the morals and man
ners Of their friends. They 90 once or
twice in year to visit some celebrated ten.
pie, but their ordinary dcvotions arc paid at
shrine within their houses, or at pretty
Ma erected within the Enclosures Of their
grounds. The females Of the laborinc
classes perform somo portion of out door
labor; but they are not overworked as in
China and other partsNof Asia. Poygamy
obtains. Q. a man may have any number
of "second wives" When female is Sc.
lectcd as a first wife, she prepares for her
"change of condition" by smearing her
teeth with horrid mixture which not only !
6lackens them forever, but also destroys a |
portion of the gums, and the lips some
times remain permanently swollen. She |
next shaves her eyebrows, and exterminatcs
her eyelashes, and changes the fashion Of
her hair. She has now only to bring the
knot of her girdle round to the front, and
all the world knows that she is a first wife.
the commander-in-chcf of all the ''second
wives" and the undisputed proprietress of
all the children born in tho house. This
last privilege reminds one Of similar right
exercised by the wives of the respectable
! Abraham (Rachel and Leah.) The second
!, wives do not perform any of these absurd
actions, consequently they are by far the
/, best looking in the eyes Of tho To-jin OF
t foreigners. A lady in full dress-i e.,
made up for mschief--is worth describing
| Her face is thickly covered with rice flour,
r on which rouge-roal rougc-is prcttily
c placed, while her lips are brought to that
c just violet tinge that drive tho Japanese
, lover even to making poetry; her robes are
numerous and clumsy, and her girdle is so
2 vast in its amplitude, that it would make n
o robe for any ordinary woman; her head
! is bristling with metal ornaments that look
S like the grand fathers Of all the tuning forks
4 her really pretty feet are protected by neat
Y straw sandals; when she walks she mincos
o her steps as though her legs were tied to-
n gether at the knees.
$ Did ever tell you Of the description a
: young Malay Tumagong. of Sumatra, once
! gave me of young girl with whom he wa;
u in love? No. Then You shall have it now
u "Tuan," said he, "Tuan, she is high-b bosom
e ed and moon-faced; she has a mole on he
" check like spot of ambergris; her lips are
er like the new-cut shell of the mangosteon
~ her teeth are whittier than the chambaki
y flower; her breath makes the clove-tree dic
y with envy; her hair is blacker than the nigh
y Of separation 10 the distracted lover; he
e form is like branch Of willow, and as sh,
, walks her hips move from side to side y
nj Yeddo covers moro ground than London
Is. and its population is about two Millions
As The Japanese say that no census is eve
in taken in Japan; that returns are made o
ss the numbers of certain classes; but rs tn,
20 mobiles, peasants, mechanics and women anC
II children are omitted from these returns
" they do not serve even as basis for esti
ID mates of population. The Japanese CAV
" me map of the city, but as it is construct
bs ed without reference to scale, it is Of it'll
r. value; even the compass-bearings of differ
MS ent points ia the city are incorrect. Tn
n, streets generally are of good width and ar
of well severed, but they are all unpaved.-
rs. No carriages are seen; few hand-carts ar
TO- used to transport heavy articles; canals in
nd terscct the city in various directions.
ch The chief feature Of Yeddo is the "Cas
to tie" as it is called. This consists in four ii
M regular circles, or rather polygons, all SUI
les rounded with moats or bitches the three il
20 ner circles have stone walls, or a bank
ed earth faced with stone, and varying in heigl
from twelve to thirty feet. according to th
ID, nature Of ground on which they are bull
ey The gate-ways through the walls open int
mt quadrangles of fifty to sixty feet; the gat
wv of egress being placed at right angles wit
a the entrance gate. AS means of defens
en- the Castle is unworthy of its name, exceI
he against assailants armed with bows aud a
of rows. The moats are fordable, and al
es, some eighty to one hundred and fifty fet
an wide, spanned by neat wooden bridges
he The inner polygon is occupied exclusivel
he by the Emperor and his sons and familie,
ne the second, by the Emperor and his sol
,e, and families; the second, by the Council
er State and Princes; the third and fourl
ny polygons by the Dimos, titular princes, an
at high officers Of the Government. l wi
as close this unreasonably long letter by shov
Use ing you how cheaply man may procure
he reputation as a savant in this country
In Talking one day with the Prince of Tamt
ra- about dogs, stated that had always o.
me served that where a dog had any viii
ole about his body the terminal hairs in b
tail would also be white. The Prince ope
ted ed his eyes at this, and, when he went HON
,es, ordered an examination of the dogs in h
arc premises. which were found to be markC
he as | stated Interested in this, he orders
nee his servants to scour the neighboring stree
ate and temple grounds, and bring up all the
pariah inhabitants. These also stood Il
in test. Amazed at this, he repeated n
ity statement and his experience at the Cast
me where some four hundred 10 five hundred
ev- the high mobiles assemble daily. Univers
ard interest was excited, and there ensued su
- a dog hunt as Yeddo never saw before
ars Dogs of every kind we're scrutinized, fro
nd the high priced pug, called in their verns
900 ,tlar 1nvyu 10 fba ,,orc.. Al,