CHAPTER XVII.

A JINRIKISHA JOURNEY.

 

JAPANESE WOMAN AND CHILD.

hich. Little boys were at

T was a fine spring morning in

Japan, and four jinrikishas were
all moving along the great public
road running from Tokiyo, the
new capital of Japan, to the old
capital, Kiyoto. There was a jin-
rikisha for each traveller ; one for
Uncle Nat, a second for Dr. Wal-
ton, a third for Ralph, and a fourth
for Rick. What happy boys!

On either side were tall, solemn
old pines overshadowing many
homes, and in the distance were
the glorious heights of Fujisan,
witite as a marble watch-tower.
The travellers were often passing
people; the same strange, yellow-
skinned men and women, some
comfortably and others poorly
dressed, and they were walking on
clogs about two or three inches

their play. Some of these had bare,

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