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THE BOY TKAVELLERS.
tell you so. The city stands on a plain of nearly lioi'seshoe sliape, tlio
mountains almost encircling it and giving an abundance of charming
views. (Jn one side the houses climb a considerable distance np the
slopes, so that you may sit on a balcony and see Kioto lying at your
feet.
" The streets are almost of chess-board regularity, and generally so
clean that you might go out to walk in satin slippei's without much dan-
ger of soiling them. The people are finer-looking than those of Tokio,
and you meet more stalwart men than in the eastern capital. Kioto
prides itself on the lieauty of its W(jmen, and some of the Japanese writers
LADIES or THE WESTERN CAPITAL.
say that they cause the "women of all other parts of the country to de-
spair. They are very proud of their head-dresses, and they have a great
many ornaments for the hair; in fact, there are so many of these things,
and the trade is so e.\tensi\'e, that you find M'hole shops devoted to their
manufacture and sale.
" Dancing and singing girls are to be counted b)' the thousand, and
tliey certainly have the most gorgeous toilets I have seen in the country.
They are engaged to sing and dance at dinner parties, just as we have bands