The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1888-02-19

and went outside. The sombre architectnre, OF
sts G1ss ya soft pa s . ob rh n1SS Ii such as
CHI step outside, ono Of the native travellers
Not Yet t' had | BEEN ii to iiatiom tho mys.
terry Of the wniling noises that were going, up.
ing city. There were no other noises but this.
1t might have been some wiord city OF me dond,
ma the noises ne REPRESENTATIONS A. issI lni,G,y from Sn1, a IN Q
ing their doom. Tho absence OF al, other
sounds, the. strangely bright moonlight, tho
GTSy m y a. RUNE ruins and the w"i'ins all aoout' were
The Persian traveller r ,y1k S ZANE co out 1T an Ev,i jGinSd
the me' G ienrinI W Ss III M" Was na not Kin UP now GT to hini.
for he paid. no attention to It,, 1n tho graphic
language of pantomime. ] asked him what it
lie STOPPED down. and. with Ills finger. drew q
rudo representation Of some animal In the
erthcless," a cat. That wierd moonlight or.
chestra must have numbered hundreds OF
cats, and every cat on every roof must have
Beerjandis manage to get u wink Of sleep on
moonlight nights is a .puzzlor. suppose.
t thhGmst thp ees spSe es as PnTs93 YorE &c shs DO T TO- the he
racket of elevated trains. a..
India the ubiquitous house cat intruded upon
mained for tho eats of tho Celestial empire to
northern .Quang,tnng, along the Nam ngaw
merehandisSSe , trai!, halted 1t IT, q wa fy,I, hi,tim
y greasy. oDsequious bonifaco with nrsassur;
ing smirk., served me up n saucer Of slowed
meat; cut M;, int c, little pieces, suitable g q X. for ors nick,
with malodorous black sauce, This ! stopped.
nothing OF its nature. and having already
learned not to be over s1neamish, emptied
the SINGER 4eS and passed It back for another por-
minding No very, much OF stewed coon once
n,, 81 =. 80. 40 r l.1 O..l.J o,l
was passing away tho time trying to chin chin
with nm i%tinerant drug vender, when a eat;and-
dog huckster, arrived and put up ut the hiainn
he had collected in the rural districts for the
lures between the andldrd and this individual
IN reference TO his wares | was. able to give q
shrcwd guess at the nature Of tho two saucers
bound 10 say that ! have tasted worse meat
right here in New York; but at tho same time,
the line Mt it pretty SHARPLY.
A week or so later arrived at an obscure
village in the m nmt n En i TaS a poverty,
nothing obtninable but rico. l had expert
e .S;sS n tough days cycling and vented some,
charge OF a woman. She had neither zee nor
ever. she went out in quest Of something. In
in her hand what looked like the hind quarter
of a rabbit. Holding it triuInphantly up to
view, anu pr1nntnG Win DrOau nOOu nlmOr, Sne
displayed its claws, the foot not having boon
removed. Seeing that | regarded her find
with Il look the reverse OF approving. the good
woman bestowed upon me an impressive and
reassuring. smile. and explained "meaowl
meaow!" l had every reason to believe l had
and had no desire to repeat the dish.
In Japan the cats are without tails. The first
cat l saw after entering japan, / naturally
dire mis;dventure. The next one. however.
and the third were bob.tailed. too. So then it
In ,rt cd ,,p-, r~n Chat tht, .,,n, - -
tho JAPANESE branch of the great and omnipre-
sent tribe Of eats: that 1t had no tail. Ifthe
cats of the Mikado's empire have no tails,
perhaps. quite counter balance this deformity.
They, sing less. and are less roystcrously in
Whether the humiliation of being without y
tail has had the effect of subduinG their vocal
propensities, is a question for the catalogist
rather than for one who merely tells a plain
unvarnisheI tale of what he saw and heard.
THOMAS STEVENS.