. there are these

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“Yes, and it
must be handy;
for he can take
off his crickets
when he is tired,
and sit down on
them.”

“Straw goods
are very popular
with some peo-
ple,
the doctor, * and

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observed

they manufacture
straw shoes for
men and for

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horses also. Then

straw rain-coats,
like the one that
man wears, and
there are straw
rain-mats. In
Niigata they make
_&@ great many
clogs, and one
street is almost
entirely devoted

to their sale.”
On their way back to the Tokaido, Uncle Nat called the attention of

 

the boys to some birds over in the fields: