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ONE OF THE GLORIES OF TOKIO. 23
"Let us go on," said Sallie. "I am afraid we shall be
poisoned by the lacquer."
A little further down the street they stopped before the
workshop of a toke-shi (clock-maker), who was engaged in
repairing a native time-piece. This was a very simple affair,
consisting of a few cogged wheels and a leaden weight
enclosed in an oblong box. He squatted behind a piece of
CLOCKMAKEK.
iron, that served him as an anvil, and was examining a wheel
through a magnifying glass.
" Good morning," said Fitz.
rr You seem to be puzzled,
Mr. Clockmaker."
r 'Yes, I am," replied the mechanic. "I have bought
some ready-made works in Yokohama, and I do believe they
were cut out by machinery. Will you kindly translate the
inscription
on this?"
The boy took the wheel, and after looking at it, said,
w It is stamped '
American Clock Company, New York.'"