The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1859-01-15

class aud all are as fat as seals Not japanese in
fifty ever tastes Of any animal food except fish Sugar
the only luxury, and yea buy h here IA nmoda cheaper
than YOU can In New York They the best fed clad
aud lodged aud least oyerworked OF any people on
earth God grant that future generations may not have
cause to regret the hour arrived ia Japan The usual
dress OF Japanese OF rank is of silk but on the oc
on Of my audience the mobiles wore dresses made of
coarse yellow grass cloth This they say IS 10 re-
mind them the poverty and frugaty OF their ancestors
have diamond pearl, or ornament OF gold
or silver worn by any person ia japan
As you take interest in the flair sex, you VIII eN
pect description OF ths beauties Of Japan The wo
of condition make visits except the mother
TO a married daughter have no assembiages OF their
dear five hundred friends !; nor do they assemble az
the tea table hold high courts OF the man
nsrs and morals of their friends They SO out once OF
twice in year 10 visit some celebrated temple, but
then ordinary deyoons are paid at shrine within their
houses a pretty Md erected within the enclosures
of their grounds Tho females the laborng classes
perform portion OF outdoor labor but they are not
overworked In China and other parts of Asia Polyg
amy obtains---i O., man may have any number OF
second wives When female Is selected as a hfst
wife, she prepares for her change of condition by
searing her teeth with horrd mixture which not only
blackens them forever but also destroys portion OF the
gums and the lips sometimes remain permanently swol-
len She next shayes her eyebrows and externInates
her eyeasbes and changes the fashion hair She has
only to bring the knot OF her girde round TO the
front, and all the world knows that she is o first
the commander chei OF all The second WIVES,
and the undputed propetress of all the children born
In the house. This last privilege reminds OF smi
lar right exercised by the wives of the respectable Ab
ham, RACHEL aud Leah.) The second wives do not per-
form any of these absurd actions consequently they
by far the best looking in the eyes Of the To for
eigners lady in full dress-i G., made up for mis-
Chiefs worth describing Her face is thiclly covered
with rice -four which rouge-red rouge-ts prettiiy
placed, while her lips brought to that just violet
tnge that drives the Japanese lover to making po
city her robes numerous and clumsy and her Cir
die is vast ia its amplitude, that it would make robe
for any ordinary her head is brisng with metal
ornaments that look like the grandathers of all the
tuning forks her really pretty feet protected by
neat straw sandals when she walks she mnces her
steps though her legs tied together at the knees
Did ever tell you of the description yonng Malay
Tunlangong, of Sumatra gave of n young girl
with whom he was in lover No. Then you shall have
it now Tuan, said he, " Tuan she is high bosomed
and faced she has mole on her check like spot
of ambergrs her lips like the newcut shell of The
mangosteen; her teeth whittier than the chamhaka
flower her breath makes the Glove tree die with envy
her hair is backer than tn, night of separation to the
distracted lover her form is like branch OF willow,
and as she walks her hips move from side to side T.
Yedo ground than London and its popu-
laton is about millions The Japanese say that
census il taken in Japan that returns made of
the numbers of certain classes but as the MOBILES peas
ants, mechanics, and women and children are omitted
from these returns they do not basis for
estimates of population The Japanese gave map
of the city, but it is constructed without reference to
scale 1t is of little value the compass bearings
OF different points in the city incorrect The streets
generally OF good width and are well severed, but
they all unpaved No carriages are seen, few hand
used to transport heavy articles canals inter-
sect the city in various directions,
The chief feature of Yedo is the Castle, as it is
called This consists OF four irregular circles rather
polygons, all surrounded with meats bitches the
three inner circles have stone walls bank of earth
faced with stone, and varying in height from twelve to
thirty feet according to the nature of the ground on
b;ct,f ,ayar brt pnfp he Ile
open quadangles of fifty TO sixty feet the gate Of
eress being placed at right angles with the entrance
gate As of defence, the Castle is unworthy OF
its name, except against assaants armed with bows and
arrows The moats forlable, and some eighty
to one hundred and fifty feet wide SPAWNED by neat
wooden bridges The inner poygon occupied exclusive
ly by the Emperor and his and families the second,
by the Council of State and princes the third and fourth
polygons by the Dmios ttuar princes and high officers
of the government will close this unreasonabylon
letter by showing you how chcaply man procure
a reputation sGavan in this country. Talking one
day with the Prince of Tamba about dogs stated that
had always observed that where dog had any white
about his body the terminal hairs in his tail would also
be white. The Prince opened his eyes at this and when
he went home ordered examination of the dogs in his
premises, which found to be marked stated
Interested by this he ordered his to the
streets and temple grounds, and bring up
MI their paah inhabitants these also stood the test
An,azed at this he repeated my statement and his expe
rence at the Castle where 400 to 500 of the high
mobiles assembe daily Universal interest excited,
and there ened such dog hunt as Yedo never saw be-
FORE Dogs of every kind scrutinizcd, from the
high priced pug called in their yernacuar n down to
the NANCY vagabon that suked about and shirled his
living Still my tale about dogs tails stood the test
At last letters were written to Kotoosaca and other
large towns ordering general canine examination When
the reports arrived my glory and reputation reached the
eliminating point, and was looked upon by tho Japa-
nese you westerns look on Button, CuvieT u Co.
Ever yours sincerely
TOWNSEND HARRIS