CHAPTER Vila.

' SUNRISE LAND AT LAS®.

 

FUJISAN, THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN IN JAPAN.

ATIENT-
ly did the
engine of the
steamer toil
away,and every
minute, Rick
and Ralph
were coming
nearer to the
Sunrise Land.
‘*We have
been out so
many days that

we have gone between four and five thousand miles, and to-morrow we

ought to see Yokohama,” said Jack Bobstay.

“And all this time,” moaned Ralph, “I have not seen the sun rise.”
“Haven't you? Come on deck to-morrow morning early and see it.”
That evening, Uncle Nat and his nephews watched the sun go
down into the sea. They saw him floating a moment upon the water,

and then gradually sinking like an immense coal of fire.
“There, boys, the sun looks pretty big, but if we could stand upon

the planet Venus, he would appear larger still.”

“Why?” asked Rick.
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