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Title: "Round the world." : Letters from Japan, China, India, and Egypt
Year: 1872 (1870s)
Authors: Fogg, Wm. Perry (William Perry), b. 1826
Subjects: Voyages around the world
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s and wayside inns, and swarmingwith travellers on foot and horseback, ped-dlers, priests and beggars, in every varietyof strange costume. We insisted that Jehushould lessen his speed that we might enjoythe curious scenes, and also for fear ofaccident to the little3 half-naked urchinswho insisted upon running across the roadin front of our horses, to their eminent perilof life and limb. Many of these sightswould have been enigmas to me, hut for theexplanation of a gentleman accompanyingus, who had been a resident of Japan forseveral years. Here comes a strolling b?nd of musicians,who make up in noise and discord whatthey lack in music and melody, and we areglad to get past the crowd at their heels andbeyond the hearing of their ear-splittingtunes. Now we overtake a blind beggarleaning on a staff. His head is shaved en-tirely smootn, and shines like a white ball.It seems to me that in this country all thebeggars are blind, or else all the blind arebeggars. There are no good oculists in
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\ 63 Japan, and eye diseases are quite common.Next comes a sedan chair or palanquin,called here a norimon. It is suspended onthe shoulders of four men, two before andtwo behind, very much as a wild beastmight be slung in a cage (or safe transport.This vehicle is elegantly decorated withlacquer work and gilt, and its bearers weara sort of uniform, It is doubtless the statecarriage of some high dignitary, as it is ac-companied by half a dozen two-swordefyaconins on horseback. It passes us soquickly that we can barely catch a glance athe occupant. It may be my lady out foran airing. The Cango is a more simple ve-hicle, and is quite frequently met on theroad. It is carried by two men, and lookslike a wicker basket without sides, slungnear the ground upon two poles ten feetlong. It is used for long journeys by themiddle class, and kept lor hire at the innson the main road. A quilt is laid on thebottom, and with legs curled up under him,in what seems a very cramped and uncom-fortable positi

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