, 1875-11-25

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beside 10 We each jumped in to one.
aod ' Boy. got into the nlls and away
they scampered down the street drag.
sipR MS after them. You can hardly
describe the feeling one expershcss
upon first riding in jin-rik-i-sha. for
that's their name. but II does 60 agsinss
the grain Of an American to have hu-
man being Hll the Office Of horse for
him. This complaint We made to our
friend. who only laughed at ~ and
asked: =. Would you take ths bread out
If these mems mouths by false feel
! ing OF sentiment" which aftes sigh
siIenced rs. After . ride about town
we returned to our hotel well satisfied
ct our evenings entertainment. and
retired to reat beneath the protection OF
. mosquito bar. 10 dream Of the sights
on the morrow.
The hsxy warmth Of the early even-
ing gives place to tho cooling air that
renders sleep 60 delicious and deep. in
the island Of Nippon; and the air had
already felt the rays with morn before
we were awakened from the rest that
ushered III to the light for the first time.
on the soil of Japan. From our win
dow far and near, we're tie white sails
Of the fisherman. on the wide galf that
spread before us. and the many aaga Of
different nationsii.ies hung laxily from
the "peaks" of the shipping. Aner'sa
for the first time, (so said the dwellers)
was we'll represented. Taking this
haasy glance We retired to the dining
room to break our fast and prepare for
the work Of the day.
We were SO fortunate as to have '.let-
ters" to Hon. E. Peshine Smith. Chief
Legal Advis T to the Gina sha. to our
Minister. John A. BIZ CHAM and sew
eral commercial personsg-s. Taking .
jim sha for the Tokao r. B. De.
pot as We rode along we noticed that
the streets were scruputously clean sad
thx4 the hoHses on our way were all
rooted with slate colored tile and that
the inte rstices were filled with whire
clay; the body Of the houses we no.
iiced were plastered for the most part
but We did meet many 6ue stone
buildings, though these houses were
principally but one story IL height. yet
the streets being somewhat ssrrow, and
their cleanliness made up for any de.
ficiency of size.
The r R. which We vere abont to
take was bnilt by AN English company.
and is consequently built upon the Eng
lish plan, their locomotives had no
symuetry of construction aud the cars
are cross between the American. and
English styles. Buying our tieke's and
duly presenting them at the gate We
| passed into the tst3r' and were quickly
! lying towards Yeddo. now called Toxic.
hich mears the Eastern Capital. As
We passed rice. cotton and vegetable
E. Als in all stages of gro~th, We could
net help being struck by the divers col
ors that the rotating crops presented. a.
they have three crops per year ON this
snil aud have humid atmosphere. the
brilliAncy Of the vegetation is astonish-
ing indeed. Around every lot were >
line OF trees that show Asw we'll the
Japanese understand their vslue in re-
gard to agriculture. Here srd there
workers were seen digging tho soil With
loug wooden spades that seemed ILL
adapted to the uses for which they were
used. Away on the liltsiAes. which are
used for the growing Of woods. in se-
questered nooks. could be seen temples
or shriues, on every hand, and the ve-y
cbciee Of their location show how truly
acute the japanese are in regard to the
beautiful.
At the end of IN hour We reached the
depot of Yeddo. eise Toxic. and were
immediately saluted by hoat Of jim
rk-i. .hs men who. with their large
baby -cart,. are yearly a. much Of a
nuisance as our own Jehu. Taking one
however, We sang out "Gi-ma-shar
aud we, coon passing the outer wall
of the immense fortification thst SUR
r6unds Toxic. n while longer through
busy streets and we passed the second
wall and moat, and after . little while
We passed the third. strong walls every
one Of them and we'll backed by I'm earth
embankment: The gates to tho city we
have learned nre shortly to be replaced
on nrcount of an other anticipated re-
eliion BY the Sam.o ri.% Approaching
large bat low building we entered the
Gi-ma sha and preseptiug our cs'd with
an enquiry tot Mr. Smith. we were
ushered into tho waiting room to await
the presentation Of onr cards; shortly
the usher returned. and conducted M
through long hall whose wooden walls
had the poIish frhe body of'a vioiin'
Ar the door We were met BY Mr.. Smith
and after lively chat We accepted his
invitation 70 diue. strol.ing up to his
residence where, after dinner We we're
shown swords and lances of curious
workmanship. and various costly speci-
mems of lacquer ware which were both
uuiqne aud superb. Afer Willing SOW
eral hours away. We retired and directed
boy" to iske Us to the Legation Of
the q. s., where after an, hours ride
". were kindly received by our most
evcellent NJ Mister. John A. Bingham.
II Ohio, who stands unsullied in char
nc,er, which we cannot say Of our Cou'