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A VISIT TO SOME SACRED PLACES. 2 37
"Will they provide it with a handrail? " inquired Sallie.
"No," returned the woman, "our people never wr ant such
and folks
things. When the wind blows it rocks the bridge,
do not care to cross it, at other times they walk in the middle
and go over quite safely."
They returned to the inn and enjoyed their meal, during
which, Johnnie said to the waitress, " What are those instruments
under the shed there?"
SUSPENSION BRIDGE.
"A fan for winnowing rice," she replied. "A frame on
which to rest a rice-huller, and mallets used for beating raw
cotton into wadding. We clean all our own grain and make
batting for our fouton (comforters)."
"Please order our said
jin-riki-sha?
Mr. Nambo,
settled the bill.
before dusk."
as he
" I fear we shall not reach our destination
In five minutes they were in their vehicles and en route.
The sun was setting as they descended the pine-clad
valley, which was here and there glorified with parti-colored
arrived at
cryptomeria, and it was quite dark before they