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Chapter 23

           Theperformancewasmuchlikeallacrobaticdisplays;butitmustbeconfessedthattheJapanesearethefirstequilibristsintheworld.

           One,withafanandsomebitsofpaper,performedthegracefultrickofthebutterfliesandtheflowers;anothertracedintheair,withtheodoroussmokeofhispipe,aseriesofbluewords,whichcomposedacomplimenttotheaudience;whileathirdjuggledwithsomelightedcandles,whichheextinguishedsuccessivelyastheypassedhislips,andrelitagainwithoutinterruptingforaninstanthisjuggling.Anotherreproducedthemostsingularcombinationswithaspinning-top;inhishandstherevolvingtopsseemedtobeanimatedwithalifeoftheirownintheirinterminablewhirling;theyranoverpipe-stems,theedgesofsabres,wiresandevenhairsstretchedacrossthestage;theyturnedaroundontheedgesoflargeglasses,crossedbambooladders,dispersedintoallthecorners,andproducedstrangemusicaleffectsbythecombinationoftheirvariouspitchesoftone.Thejugglerstossedthemintheair,threwthemlikeshuttlecockswithwoodenbattledores,andyettheykeptonspinning;theyputthemintotheirpockets,andtookthemoutstillwhirlingasbefore.

           Itisuselesstodescribetheastonishingperformancesoftheacrobatsandgymnasts.Theturningonladders,poles,balls,barrels,etc.,wasexecutedwithwonderfulprecision.

           ButtheprincipalattractionwastheexhibitionoftheLongNoses,ashowtowhichEuropeisasyetastranger.

           TheLongNosesformapeculiarcompany,underthedirectpatronageofthegodTingou.AttiredafterthefashionoftheMiddleAges,theyboreupontheirshouldersasplendidpairofwings;butwhatespeciallydistinguishedthemwasthelongnoseswhichwerefastenedtotheirfaces,andtheuseswhichtheymadeofthem.

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