Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- ERRATA
- NOTES ON YEZO
- LETTER XXXVIII
- LETTER XXXIX
- LETTER XL
- LETTER XL.–(Continued)
- LETTER XLI
- LETTER XLI.–(Continued.)
- LETTER XLII
- LETTER XLII–(Continued)
- LETTER XLII–(Continued)
- LETTER XLIII
- LETTER XLIV
- LETTER XLIV.–(Continued.)
- LETTER XLV
- LETTER XLV.–(Continued.)
- LETTER XLVI
- ITINERARY OF TOUR IN YEZO
- LETTER XLVII
- LETTER XLVIII
- LETTER XLIX
- NOTES ON TÔKIYÔ
- NOTES ON TÔKIYÔ–(Concluded.)
- LETTER L
- LETTER LI
- LETTER LII
- LETTER LIII
- LETTER LIV
- LETTER LV
- NOTES ON THE ISÉ SHRINES
- LETTER LVI
- LETTER LVII
- ITINERARY OF ROUTE FROM KIYÔTO TO YAMADA (SHRINES OF ISÉ), AND BY TSU TO KIYÔTO
- LETTER LVIII
- LETTER LIX
- A CHAPTER ON JAPANESE PUBLIC AFFAIRS
- APPENDIX
- INDEX
LETTER XLIV.–(Continued.)
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 October 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- ERRATA
- NOTES ON YEZO
- LETTER XXXVIII
- LETTER XXXIX
- LETTER XL
- LETTER XL.–(Continued)
- LETTER XLI
- LETTER XLI.–(Continued.)
- LETTER XLII
- LETTER XLII–(Continued)
- LETTER XLII–(Continued)
- LETTER XLIII
- LETTER XLIV
- LETTER XLIV.–(Continued.)
- LETTER XLV
- LETTER XLV.–(Continued.)
- LETTER XLVI
- ITINERARY OF TOUR IN YEZO
- LETTER XLVII
- LETTER XLVIII
- LETTER XLIX
- NOTES ON TÔKIYÔ
- NOTES ON TÔKIYÔ–(Concluded.)
- LETTER L
- LETTER LI
- LETTER LII
- LETTER LIII
- LETTER LIV
- LETTER LV
- NOTES ON THE ISÉ SHRINES
- LETTER LVI
- LETTER LVII
- ITINERARY OF ROUTE FROM KIYÔTO TO YAMADA (SHRINES OF ISÉ), AND BY TSU TO KIYÔTO
- LETTER LVIII
- LETTER LIX
- A CHAPTER ON JAPANESE PUBLIC AFFAIRS
- APPENDIX
- INDEX
Summary
This morning I left early in the kuruma with two kind and delightful savages. The road being much broken by the rains, I had to get out frequently, and every time I got in again they put my air-pillow behind me, and covered me up in a blanket; and when we got to a rough river, one made a step of his back by which I mounted their horse, and gave me nooses of rope to hold on by, and the other held my arm to keep me steady, and they would not let me walk up or down any of the hills. What a blessing it is that, amidst the confusion of tongues, the language of kindness and courtesy is universally understood, and that a kindly smile on a savage face is as intelligible as on that of one's own countryman! They had never drawn a kuruma, and were as pleased as children when I showed them how to balance the shafts. They were not without the capacity to originate ideas, for when they were tired of the frolic of pulling, they attached the kuruma by ropes to the horse, which one of them rode at a “scramble,” while the other merely ran in the shafts to keep them level. This is an excellent plan.
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- Unbeaten Tracks in JapanAn Account of Travels in the Interior, Including Visits to the Aborigines of Yezo and the Shrines of Nikkô and Isé, pp. 123 - 126Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1880