New Britain herald., 1921-06-24

ity after the manner of all Japanese he informed them that it was time to get up.
 Us men folks hustled down stairs 10 .> ave. but we omitted our usual Ia. IT ,ng bath as Ac were in a hurry to be on our journey. After break fast we went to the front to prepare f 1T the. journey, and then began the usual row with the coolies, which was settled by our hiring two more goriki will not carry any more than thirty pounds, so we now had six horses, six grooms, and five goriki, which made quite an imposing cavalcade as we passed through the main street of Shubashiri AS we have to provide the men with food on these tripI besides their reg ular pay, it ia always the part of wis dom to keep the number of men down to minimum. Then, too, they ea- pect to be treated at every station on the way up or down, and these fel- lows have a prodigious appetite when they are feeding at somebody else'a expense. However, it is a part of the game. and we cheerfully do it.
 More Stations.
 When we arrived at the first station Gchi-ban) we dismounted and had our sticka stamped with branding iron, had something to eat and drink, and then we remounted. but before proceeding on our journey MT. c. took our pictures. I am enclosing ona Of them, and on the margin thereof I have lettered each individual so you can sec how we looked at thia stage of the game. It is not necessary for me to mark them MT. E. or Mrs. c. as you can supply the title of address.
 As we were about to leave the sixth station, the grooma announced their intention of jumping their contract on the plea that they could not go any farther, but we refused to pay them their money. They then said that one of the horses had cast shoe and was made lame and for that reason they would have to return to Subashiri We said: "All right, but we will de- duct two yen from each mans wages" Three of the men had said so much that now they could only accept our terms, so they were paid | and tho other three continued with us; the ladies riding and ua men l Picture No. shows thu l
 
 lava formation between the sixth and 1 seventh stations. !
 Contract Jumping. | tell you about these little trou- | bles as it is characteristic of a Jap anese to jump a contract without any apparent reason for it, and it is Q very difficult matter to hold them 0 it.
 At the seventh station W, dismissed he other three horses, al the dis ance between the seventh and eighth stations is short but quite steep and he horses seldom negotiate this part ,f the trail. From now on the la liei walked, but owing to the steep lesa of the ascent and the high alti- ude it wal particularly hard on Mrs. \. and B. After leaving the eighth station we could go only Q few feet without sitting down on tho retaining wall to rest.
 Stops ar Shrine.
 Of course, Mrs. E. and l stopped at he shrine to rest, and as we were bout to depart and I was making ny donation to the Gods CD, MT. nc Mrs A. cama in. The next day learned from them tha: my dona- ion was the cause of considerable ( rouble in the shrine, which appeared o me to be divided into two sections l o I gave each Sultan 50 sen, which Y 1aa big donation. Now l: seenla I hat there is some caste in that shrine, nd if l gave one Sultan 50 sen, l | l hould have given the other one 25 en or less. Thua my ideal of. s