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RAIN-COAT.

from thin bamboo strips,
and there is a paper
made from this source
in China.” *

“And Uncle Nat has
a bamboo handle to his
umbrella.”

The jinrikishas halted
for a few moments.

“ Look at that house,”
said the doctor. “The
outside wall is of bam-
boo wattles on a wooden
frame, filled in with mud.
Bamboo is a good ser-
vant.”

“ Who—who is that ?”
asked Ralph. “A straw-
man coming ?”

There was reason for
this question. A peas-
ant was passing them
who wore a_rain-coat.
The straw wisps had been
ingeniously arranged into

a garment that fell over his shoulders, and hung down about his
person. A bamboo-hat was on his head, and he carried a bamboo-

pole over his shoulder.

Coarse, thick socks were on his feet, and

bound to these were rough, heavy clogs of wood.
“He goes on little crickets, doesn’t he, Ralph ?” whispered Rick.