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2l6 THE WONDERFUL CITY OF TOKIO.
Fuji. It is a glorious sight. I would not lie in bed when I
could see such a thing: no, not even for candy."
On the morning of the second day, they passed through
the Straits of Owadji, at the entrance to the Gulf of Osaka.
The sea inside was so calm that it looked like a mirror
and there was not air enough to move the sails of the fune
that were drifting slowly hither and thither.
"Look! " cried Fitz, "two of the junks have fallen foul of
VIEW OF FUJI-YAMA FROM THE SEA.
one another, and they are putting out their boats and endeav-
oring to tow them apart. How clear the water is! Why, I
can see fish a long way down."
" How those sailors must wish they had steam aboard their
crafts," said Johnnie.
"
Here we are, making a bee-line for
the anchorage of Kobe, while they are drifting in all directions
but the right one. It was a great thing for the world when we
invented the steam-engine."
" I do not think you had much to do with it, brother," said
Sallie.
"I thought a vapor-ship was first built by an Englishman,"