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early Emper0rs A. they extended their sway
over the east aud north. The hairy savages |"
were undoubtedly the Amos, who certainly did
formerly occupy the country. We also read OF
o race OF cave dWellcrs," or "dWarfs," who
lived in burrows under ground. is ID possible
that these may have been the ancestors Of the
people who dug the pits in Yezo2 The uestion
IL not 20 be easily answered. The existence Of
people who lived IN such underground bur-
rows b very clearly expressed In japanese ira.
oiti0n III We deny that such people lived we
must account Tor the very circum tantal stories
OF how. they were found and subdued; SIS, Tor
example when the first Mikado in his progress
10 Yamato invited the 80 "earth-spiders," as
they were called, 10 q banquet, and at a signal
his followers fell upon them with swords and
KILLED every one.
Moreover, japanese writer has recently de-
Bcribed what seems 10 be the remains Of a pit
dwelling still in existence &c Shonai, on The
west coast Of the main island. There Is another
euriOHs fact which may have some bearing
here. The sbell-heaps Of Japan yield vessels OF
rude pottery different IN form and In their more
elaborate decorative designs from the ancient
pottery Of the Japanese. Precisely similar pot
terry Is found about the pits in Yezo, and il has
oil received the distinctive designation of Aino
pottery, on the assumption that it was made by
abe Amos.
But &C the present time the Amos do not
make pottery OF any kind. Who, then, made
abe pottery Of the shell mounds aud pits2 II
IA impossible 70 answer this question now. Il
seems 10 me that II we can only discover Tie
identity Of those ancient and artistic pOtters
we will have a cleW 10 a vanished nation.
believe q mere fragment Of this pottery could
Be recognized and identified at q glance wher
ever IL might be found, 50 characteristic is ID
rude decoration.
The Kurile Islands stretch Of in a long chair
from the east 70 YezO 10 the extremity O
1hmschatka. Ii was IN this chain Of islands, a
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They are not Amos, but what their ethnic
relations are is unknown. Their condition is
most pitiful. Taken from their own islands,
where they had abundance OF fish, and skins
for clothing they have suffered for want OF
both, and disease has made fearful ravages
among them.
In five years they have been reduced one
third in number, chiefly by consumption, the
effects Of which are plainly seen among them.
They number now about 20 souls, aud this
small remnant ofan unknown people will soon
have passed away.
What connection had these people with the
predecessors of the Almost Did those ancient
pit-dwelers disappear across the Tsugaru Strait
and leave their last living descendants in the
Smelenkur Of Saghalin, who also build earth
houses, but Of a different kind2 Or did they,
&c 4 have supposed, make their way in the
other direction, leaving their landmarks IN the
pits OF Yeterof2
These questions must be answered soon, or
even the slender links now existing between
the past and the present will be broken beyond
repair.
IL was near five o'clock as we raised anchor
and laid a course for Yeterof The rocky bluffs
rose clear and sharp behind US, but soon faint
line Of mist gathered and hung rs q feecy
cloud midway between the base and top. In
that northern region the effects OF clouds and
mist are strange and weird. They change
with every passing moment now settling down
dense and impenetrable, now lifting and break
ing away in invisible vapor. revealing, as by a
magic charm the shore and mountains and
deep azure sky.
long, narrow band OF snow white cloud
settles slowly down and rests upon the water
near the shore. Above IL the air is clear for a
space, then another band OF mist, little higher
up another and still another, three or four
successive lines Of cloud the shore and mount
aims seen between them. and the high peaks
clear in the upper air.
One never wearies with watching the cease
less play Of vapor among the rugged mountain
sides and SUBMITS Of those bleak shores. Be-
fore US, on the left, apparently quite near, rose
the fine cone Of Chia-chia above brilliant sun
liz cloud on the right the mountains Of Yete-
rof, with softcned outlines in the haZy atmos-
phere Of distance, stretched farther and farther
peak beyond peak, into the blue and purple
and cloud along the horizon.
Then followed the rich glow OF the sunset,
and the pale, cold light through which the
evening stars begin TO CLEAN. No need for q
lookout for passing vessels in this lonely sea.
We sailed all night aud reached our port
Shiana, At seven o'clock, and the next day ex-
plored the pits near Bettobu, without any dis
coYeries Of value, after which our little steam
er carried rs back 10 Nemuro, well contented
with the results Of our voyage.
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Rather Inrrn Stones.

AAVpNfAT nctcnCc MONHttbI
Accepting reported measurements, the largest
erratic block, or bowlder, ms yet recognized In
the United States, and probably in the world,
IL in the town Of Madison, N. H., and accord
ing TO Prof. Crosby. Of the Boston Institute Of
Technology, has the following maximum d.
mansions: Length, So feet width, in excess Of
a feet; hight, 30 20 81 feet; contents, $4,000
cubic feet; and probable weight, l5,300,OO0
pounds, or 1850 tons.
Next to this in size Is undoubtedly the great
rock in the town Of Montville, Conn, generally
known by its Indian designation as "Sheegan,"
and also rs Mohegan." In the opinion Of
some this rock Is an isolated granite protuber-
ence, and not a true "erratic" or bowlder, but
recent examinations have seemed to completely
negative the first supposition. Its approximate
maximum dimensions are Length, 20 feet;
width, IS feet; hight. 60 feet; contents, 10000
cubic feet; weight, 5000 tons. If allowance
be made for an immense fragment which has
fallen from its northeast side, the dimensions
and cubic contents Of "Sheegan" would ap-
proIimGte more closely 10 those Of the Madison
boWldor.
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room, In which the family cooks, eats, and
sleeps. This living-room ig nearly square, usu-
ally with board 1OOr raised few inches above
the ground.
About the middle Is large, rectangular
opening filed with ashes, on which some
pieces Of green wood ftfully burn and smolder
The smoke escapes as best il may, either
through an opening just beneath the ridge.
pole in the front end OF the house, or, in the
better class Of houses, through a wooden Chin
ney in the roof. In any case, the air is close
and irritating 10 the eyes. The raftCrs, cross
beams, and the whole upper part Of the inte-
rior is thickly covered with an oily SCOT de-
posted as black aud shiny Yarnish, rosem-
bling black Japan.
There are usually two small windows, one on
each side, which only dimly light the black
interior. On one side are slecping-bunk with
high sideboards.
A most indoscTibable collection Of articles
may be found In one Of these houses. From
the lower cross beams and around the sides
hang articles Of clothing, smoked and dirty,
for wash day ID unknown; gloves Of fur with
the fur inside;
BOOTS OF FIsH-sEIN;
rude baskets Of bark; skins Of animals; thongs
Of hide; various kinds Of dried roots OF vege-
table-tops for food smoked fish, etc.
The cooking lie done over the smoky FIRE.
branches OF trees so as 10 leave q short stub
projecting upward at the lower end, are sus-
pended over the fireplace from above. Upon
one Of these a japanese iron pot with bale il
hung, and on the other an iron wRter-kottle
The food IL Of very poor quality. The
Japanese Government furnishes q small guam
tity Of rice, which the people supplement with
hsh, dubious roots and tops OF vegetables. All
these articles are boiled in the pot together.
| The pot stands around between meals covered
outside with SCOT and inside with Rccumula-
lions Of the past, there being no obvious
reason Ion supposng that il is ever emptiod OF
! washed.
The earth houses OF pit dwellings are like
rounded mounds Ovcrgr0wn with weeds and
moss. Two such isolated mounds are repre-.
senicd Those are probably the dwellings
originally occupied by the people. the thatched
houses being Of recent adoption.
The connection Of the earth dwellings with
The latter is shown In the view along the backs
Of the houses. This picture also shows tho ex.
1 tent 10 which agriculture is developed IN the
village. The interior is gloomy and damp. A
rude wood framework serves 70 support the
structure. On one or two sides are sleeping.
hunks, IA one corner q fireplace of piled stones
with tue leading 10 the surface outside. A
| ANAL glazed window admits light. The floor
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canic cone, slopng in a graceful concavc sweep
TO the sea- with Yetcrof in the distance and
Shikotan on the starbOard bow. At noon we
entered the harbor through a narrow passage
between high vertical cliffs OF gray and blueish
sandstone, which suddenly opened into beau
tiful, quiet bay, lovely green valley coming
down 20 q sandy beach before u.s. and rugged
mountains beyond and on every hand, mostly
bare, but some Of them with q stunted growth
OF trees
The thatched roofs Of the village are scarcely
visible from the steamers deck, but on the
western shore a well-built house. occupied by
the japanese officials, gives evidence OF life on
the island. But for long time not man Is
seen.
Finally a ponderous boat is seen 20 leave the
shore and come out 20 u.s. slowly propelled by
a couple Of sturdy, silent oarsmen. They take
us ashore, carrying us on their backs up the
shelving beach 10 dry land. After paying our
respects TO the japanese officers we skirt the
shore Of the bay. and in a few minutes arrive
az the village general view Of the village
and the bare hills beyond is presented.
] shall not soon forget the experience OF
making this photograph. II was taken from
the steep hillside where the weeds and under
brush were almost impenetrable, where il was
very difficult TO get foothold for myself or for
my large camera and where the intense heat Of
the sun and the insects buZZing around nearly
caused me 10 succumb.
The village consists Of Is houses on a single
street, 10 on one side aud eight on the other.
The houses generally consist Of two parts, q
thatched dwelling not unlike the AinO houses,
In which the family lives during warm weather,
and back Winter dwelling consisting Of q
mound Of earth pRised over
SHALLOW PIT.
These two dwellings are usually connected
by g narrow covered passage, which runs
parallel with the back Of the matched house, so
that in passing from one house TO the other one
crosses the passage instead Of trsveTsing its
length.
This passage has a door al one end, giving d.
rect access 10 the earth dwelling from without.
The illustration shows one Of the largest houses
in the village, having the back passage ex-
tended 10 one side much beyond the house, and
q second door al the near eDd. This is unusual,
but the long passageway is now required be-
cause there are two earth dwellings al the back,
not high enough 10 be visible in this picture,
but one Of them can be seen in the general view
Of the village.
The matched house usually consists OF two
parts; q low, narrow room in front, which is
used only for storage, leading 70 the main
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use, but now made from habit, for certainly
the earth houses are not required along with
the well-built matched houses the people now
possess.
The people who built these dwellings have
not been studied. and they are so little known
and so difficult TO reach that my very few photo
graphs are likely to be the only ones TO record
their appearance and the strange dwellings
they occupy. They dress like Europeans.
showing some contact with the great Western
World but il would he strange If they had not
borrowed so much from the Russians of KAN
schatka, whose language they speak, and whose
religion they seem 10 have adopted, for every
dwelling has its brght-colored print Of Rus
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islands known as Japan is inhabited 10y apeople
of unknown origin We are content TO speak
Of them as Japanese, and for our present pur-
pose IL is not required 10 know more concern
ing them. But scattered along the coasts from
the north as far as 10 the extreme southern
end OF Kinshin, there are found traces OF q
different people who must have occupied the
country IN prehistoric times.
Recent explorations have led to the conclu-
sion that these aboriEines arc representatives
of q race known rs Amos who are now con-
fined TO the island of Nezo, in the north Of
Japan.
The Amos are entirely distinct from the
Japanese, They are characterized by an extra
ordinary growth of hair over the limbs and
body, long, busby boards, frowsy, unkempt
hair heavy eyebrows, and fine physique. The
writer has been among these people, and the
National Museum at Washington now has an
exhibit which shows their extremely low grade
Of culture and intelligence But the Amos are
not the people now under particular considera-
tion.
Nearly 20 years ago Mr.. 7. w. Blakiston
travelled in Aezo, and here and there observed
pits or depressions in the earth, which he sur
missed might be the vestges OF former dwell
jnRs. ID Is my purpose 10 show that, as the
Amos have gradually disappeared nOrthward
before the japanese so, in the more distant past,
another race apparently gave way before the
Amos, moving still further northward, 10 the
bleak and cherries Kuriles.
One object OF my northern journey was to
discover some tangible evidence Of the exist
ence OF such race of aborigines, whose former
presence in southern Japan seems TO be chron-
eled IN the
TALES OF THE EARLY EMPERoRs.
We are now getting so far back Of historic
records that not much reliance can be placed
on conclusions drawn from japanese tradition.
Nevertheless, there are some very curious
condolences between the Japanese stories aud
facts OF observation. For IN the strange, fan
tastic japanese mythology we read Of a race of
"hairy saVages who were subdued by the
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already indicated, that the remnant Of the Dit.
ewelleH made their home The islands Tor.
nerly belonged 10 Russia, but they were ceded
DO Japan In 1875.
few years ago Prof John Milne visited
some OF tie northcrnm0st islands where lac
found o peculiar people, few IN numbers, OF
migratory habits, who lived in dwellings OF
earth built over pits in the ground.
When the Japanese Government came intc
possession OF the islands, il was determined 70
remove these natives TO the Island Of Shikotan,
where ~ was represented they would find .
warmer climate, with abundance Of fsh and
otter in thosea But The people preferred their
gwn islands, and would not move.
After three yeaIs q small steamer MAS sent Il
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depressed about 10 inches below the outside
level, is the black, bare earth.
1t is probable, judging from the size OF the
pits i'm Yezo, that the dwellings formerly occu-
pied by this people were deeper and larger, the
present structures perhaps being survivals Of
a style Of dwelling formerly the only kind in
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For tears are the sisters Of laughter,
-DoEOTHY DOoLITTLE, Jersey City, ". j.
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A QUEER PEOPLE
They Live In the KuriIeS and North
em Japan.
BY RoMEyN HITCHCOCK.

IT who In distant lands
leaves the beaten paths
and seeks for adven-
ture or discovery, may
often find eithernearer
than he thinks. The
far East is not all un-
known, yet it teens
with unstudied prob
lens Of the deepest
interest 90 those who
will but think of them
aud pass but q few
stops beyond the mar
row bounds of the
foreign settlements.
The small group OF
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An ERUPTION
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You'll look about
for a remedy.
And this Is what
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