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A VISIT TO SOME SACK LSD PLACES. 243
"Have you ever read how a man attempted to steal those?"
said Mrs. Nambo. " He made an immense kite and mounted
the roof of
it one night in a gale of wind, but, on- landing upon
the castle, was captured. He was a very daring thief, and was
well punished for his crime."
" Did they make a hero of him and put his name in the
newspapers ? " asked Fitz.
"No," was the gentle response.
"
Like a sardine," mur-
mured the irrepressible.
" The story has been de-
lightfully told by Professor
Griffis," said Sallie. "When
we read it at home, \ve little
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They
boiled him in oil."
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thought we should ever see
the famous gold-fish of Owari
castle."
TOWER OF NAGOYA CASTLE.
"Ah!" exclaimed her father enthusiastically;
"
no wonder
the inhabitants desired to have those beautiful objects re-
stored to their proper positions. They are things of beauty,
and ?
'
bathe the city in their brightness.'
After breakfast they set out to inspect the castle, which is
still kept in tolerable repair. It is very large, and with its out-
buildings covers about four hundred acres of ground.
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This place," said Mr. Nambo, " was built in a few weeks,
and it is said that two hundred thousand men were simulta-
neously employed upon
the works."
" It must have looked like a bee-hive," said Fitz. "Just
imagine such a number of people occupied upon one building."
Once more looking up at the gold-fish, he added, " Yes, those
are very fine, they beat the dome of the State House at Boston.
They shine splendidly."