IN YOKOHAMA. 105

they would not make a country equal to France, which our republic can
swallow at least fifteen times.
“The people number about thirty-five millions, and are quite bright, and in
“some things cannot be beat, even by a Concord-boy. (Applause.) Every
country has its savage wild people, who are thought to be the first settlers.
These in Japan are the Ainos. They live in houses that are made of reeds
” fastened upon a wooden frame-work, and these have a sharp, high roof.
~ The ridge-pole is decorated. The people are inferior to the J apanese. Japan is
quite mountianous, and has a bad way of shaking sometimes, but the people do
not seem to mind it. There are hundreds of dead voleanoes, and over
twenty are still alive and kicking. The crack mountain of Japan is Fujisan,
, Which is about thirteen thousand feet above the ocean, and for a hundred miles
away can be seen. For nine months at least in the year, its peaked top is cov-
ered with snow. The Japanese have a map of twelve provinces from which it
can be seen. The people hold it in sacred awe, and travel hundreds of miles
that they may reach its top and there worship. If any of my audience should
honor Japan with a visit, they will see Fujisan as they near the coast, and it is
a very handsome sight, as my companion, the Hon. Richard Rogers, will tes-
tify. (The Hon. Richard Rogers about this time was staining his face that he
might take the part of a Japanese juggler in the coming feats.) The Jap-
anese are very. nice workmen in fancy goods, and they get up some cunning
things in gardening, like dwarf trees and plants. They are introducing Amer-
ican and European ideas, and in some places are adopting them quite rapidly.
“The old-style Japanese dress is a kind of gown or long frock called the
kimono, and around the waist goes a girdle or sash, the women wearing it
broader than the men, and the ends the ladies tie behind as a bustle. Besides
the kimono, a shorter garment is often worn over it called the haori. Many of
the men, the younger ones, wear hakama or big trousers over the kimono,
letting the haori stay outside. The women like to fix up their hair in bows
and bunches, and go bare-headed. The girdle is a very convenient place to
stow away things in, and the sleeves in the Japanese dress are so big that they
become famous store-houses. The aristocracy afford themselves silk, but the
lower classes have plainer stuff like calico and linen.