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A VISIT TO SOME SACRED PLACES.
"We do not call such motions dancing," said Fitz.
does he have that towel on his head?"
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"Why
* To make him look feminine," answered the kindly old
lady. "Ah! when I was young, many people got their livino-
that way."
"Now, honorable friends," said Mr. Nambo, as he paid the
bill, "we will start for Seki.
The country is hilly, and we
shall not reach our destina-
tion until late."
About four o'clock that
afternoon they began to
ascend the mountain, and by
rive entered the pass.
"Oh! look up there, Sal-
lie," cried Fitz, pointing to
a man crossing the valley in
a basket suspended from a
" My goodness, I
rope.
would not like to be in his
place."
" That is a tsuri kago "
(hanging basket-bridge),
said Oto.
'*
There are many
of them in different parts of
Japan."
Upon arriving at the summit, they halted at a wayside inn,
near the Shinto temple of Se-hori Hime, and gave their men a
rest. The landlady, a very good-tempered woman, ushered
them into an apartment adorned with a large hanging-picture,
representing Hotei, a famous Chinese priest, who was very
kind to children, and who is now reckoned as one of the seven
gods
of Luck.
HAIR-DRESSER AT WORK.