, 1875-12-02

q Yankee snvious even in q r. r. eat
ling house. Up stairs We went and
were shown into . room whose walls
consisted merely OF paper. partit.oning
one room from smother. but which vers
scsupuloutly cisan. Ordering supper
and so0e naaiys winsNs vsre quiekly
sssvsd by . saGhsr eood-lookine naid.
While awaiting the result Of our order,
We ware served With 1t bit" pastry
and with some :. saok-se." also . bowl
containing some sshes and live coal1
together with pipes. Altar which. Civ
ing n tine for smoke, the courses
began With fish. mot cooked enough foz
our tasts. then eggs. chicken, sweet po.
tatoes, rice and tea. No bread was
served rs. NOR butter. but as the tee
was remarkably fine and the eggs,
though small, were duly seasoned with
rock salt, We made . good meal, rem
dsred awkward by isek of experience
in using the "chop sticks. !" which were
pencil-shaped and used by pressing or
holding our food between the ends.
The guests nssanwhile peeping through
the partitions and gigeling at onr ftan-
tic efforts to eat gracefally. While eat
ing supper the governor of che place
sent constable to obtain our names
aad residence that VIC might be under
police protection, we being the first
"white men" that had ever spent .
night in the place.
7 Supper being over. we toSk a short
walk through the town and asxhere were
many pilgrims IN the place who had
never sce0 Caucasian before, We were
the " observed Of all observers" es.
pecially my friend. nm Englishman, six
feet, two inches in height in his stock
ing feet. making him = giant among
them. Going back to the hotel my
friend asked Us if We wished a bath and
shampoo; answering in the affirmative,
he gave the order and hearing . long.
low and somewhat sad whistle which
We had heard both by day and by night
in Yokohama, and which though it had
excited our curiosity, We had failed to
enquire the reason Of. he went into the
street and brought ina blind man whom
he said was to do the shampooing. The
bath being ready we went down stairs
and were shown into a room, whose wet
floor showed it be in constant use.
Taking off our gown we discovered
that there was no door to the room.
However, as nobody was in sight
we started to get into the bath
and with astonishing dexterity got out
of it'again; in fact it was but few de-
grees lower than the boiling point.
Pouring in pail full of cold water that
stood near we again essayed the bath.
with like results; shouting tor moro
water we were disconnected by the ap-
pearance of our maid while We were in
state of nature. She. however, took
no notice of US but began throwing
cold water in the bath in which We in
our extremity had plunged. and were
nearly boiling ini she had to pour and
pour the water in before we could as-
sure ourselves we would not boil: there
We were, both in mental and physical
pain. but at length We could bear it and
finishing our bath We donned our gown
and returned to our room. Then the
"blind man.. took US in charge. Com
mencing with our feet he knuckled as all
over. prying between every muscle and
tendon in our limbs and back and which
after he was through made Us feel as
lim0er as an acrobat.
Having once more put on our long
gown our beds were made by putting
couple of thick blankets on the floor
aud couple Of ooverlids; fixing NJ
our mosquito net, they then retired
after leaving ms bountiful supply of
sack -ee, their distillation from rice and
which they use with ss much matter of
oourser % the French do their claret.
Thus was our evening spsnt at Kama
Kura. the favorite residence Of their
Gods. and We fell asleep nursing tho
thoughts that told Of the sights OF the
morrow.
The sun arose unclouded on the fol-
lowing morning and after q breakfast
served on the floor somewhat similar in
quality to the supper Of the evening
before. we paid our bill which amounted
to one dollar and seventy-five cents;
this for both Of us, including our wine.
Having remarked to our friend the
cheapness of cur entertainment he re-
piled that he had paid them little extra
to encourage similar treatment to other
foreigners, and that that was the reason
our bill amounted to one dollar and
three quarters. else, he said, it would
have been a little, less.
Strolline oat into the street, a few
hundred yards brought US to dell in
the mountain side, which contains the
enclosure in which We could see the So
cred image looming up. Arriving at
the entrance there, in the early morn
we stood by the shrubbery gazing upon
an "Ideal" of Contemplation" that is
the very acme of human representation,
an esthetic triumph that would grace
the sacred temples of Rome or Greece.
In a sitting posture. with the head