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THE W)Y TRAVELLERS.<br />

H<strong>in</strong>a Matsnri is more particularly a festival for girls ra<strong>the</strong>r than for <strong>boy</strong>s.<br />

<strong>The</strong> presents are arranged on tables, and <strong>the</strong>re is general rejoic<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

household. M<strong>in</strong>iature tea and toilet sets, m<strong>in</strong>iature bureaus and ward-<br />

robes, and m<strong>in</strong>iature liouses are among <strong>the</strong> th<strong>in</strong>gs that fall to <strong>the</strong> lot <strong>of</strong><br />

a Japanese girl at <strong>the</strong> time <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Il<strong>in</strong>a ]\[atsuri.<br />

Fred thought <strong>the</strong> Japanese had queer notions when compared with<br />

ours about <strong>the</strong> location <strong>of</strong> a temple <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> midst <strong>of</strong> all soi'ts <strong>of</strong> enterta<strong>in</strong>-

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