New Britain herald., 1921-06-24

d the hotel. where we were
 the door by the nice and dry kse attendants.
 had ample time in which to DTlainted with this place. as Ire stalled here for three days rain. And 1t did rain at
 60 that a deaf mute would be it. However. one after
 M kot an opportunity to walk fe Motosu where we found the male population down at the Ihc fishing. This lake is on the
 level as Lake ShoJi. and is
 and one-half miles from 1t.
 ak there was along the side of Intain and through the woods. } very pleasant.
 Village Of Motosu.
 village of Motosu has just one
 with houses on each side of it. Aa very poor place of perhaps
 abItants. How they live or
 LII mystery. as the country 1 here is not a farming country . means.
 lsagFys More Scenery.
 mo Way back to the hotel we <& wonderful cloud over the
 3x3k Ban. This cloud was the
 <tG gigantic toadstool. very
 A4dwhite. It just covered the R fQp of Fuiji. and. on account
 @teht of it. we saw 1t in
 &tt$eI which made 1t look truly 4t This peculiar shaped cloud lxs<0en onco in a great while. it la called Fuji-kasa. which FuJi-umbrella. We likened 1t EQpfcal shaped hat. because 1t us as if Fuji had on a
 1hite hat. There were no clouds in the vicinity of it. and raained stationary over the top Si all tho afternoon. and I do Snow how far into the night.
 17-MiIe Hike.
 riy In the morning of August ve started on seventeen mile from Lake Shoji to Tambara on t'utikawa river. We had three Q horses for the ladies. and Drck horse for our baggage.
 No. 6 shows the party just Q the start. As there was a light rain falling, the ladies have Il paper jackets. We have our on staffs (kongo-zue) in our ,. and if you look at them close 'u can sec where they were led as VIC ascended Mount Fuji. gifi at my right is an Eurasian- laughter of the man who built 'wned the hotel. Her good-look- eatures evidently came from the r's side of the family.
 soon as this picture was taken, adies mounted their horses, Mc began our journey. Be-
 z. c. could mount her was necessary to put a over tho beasts head. but lead and under way, she behaved
 decentiy for q Japanese horse. ded no one got within reach of leels. In fact. the last is true of le horses out here.
 about half an hour after wa sd the sun shone forth once and we had a most beautiful . day for what proved to be n kpicturesque tramp over the yains. We soon came to Lake SUI again. but far north of tho 'e. and for about two hours, tar n the mountain side. wo wound vay in and nut around this like. .raiI was so narrow and the side Ie mountains so steep that the hTad hoof of the horses would . down the trail on the side to-
 the lake. But such a beautiful { The shore lire was very ire the lake was very deep and blue; always the lake and F'uji San was ir left hand until we reached the way | nand out around this lake. from here VIC looked the length D lake and directly toward Fount = At Top of Divide.
 the top of the divide. which almost a sharp ridge. we could ne Fuiikawa river about I2 miles , and mountains and mountains. wonderful cloud effects among i. Here tho ladies had to dis ,t and walk down the mountain was so steep that it was lmpossl- O ride down it. We soon came
 raging mountain torrent which ollowed several miles until we red q valley. Here were a few ss and a Japanese inn. where we our lunch.
 ter lunch Mr. c. proposed soak ,ur feet in the river. which I lily seconded. as my feet were ,g much the worse for the wear received from descending a ,tain slope only about five to IS ses from the perpendicular. So l regular hobo I soaked my feet 70 river. and you cannot imagine good 1t felt to them.
 some misunderstanding Mrs. B.'s sman continued on toward Tam while we were doing the tramp n tho river. so I did not see her U until about p. m.
 Ing donned our shoes. and as ow had to ascend the mountain. ,ther two ladies remounted their ss anc we continued our journey h wam along n narrow trail nn