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Chapter 22

           Hedidnotfailtoobservethecuriousequipagescarriagesandpalanquins,barrowssuppliedwithsails,andlittersmadeofbamboo;northewomenwhomhethoughtnotespeciallyhandsomewhotooklittlestepswiththeirlittlefeet,whereontheyworecanvasshoes,strawsandals,andclogsofworkedwood,andwhodisplayedtight-lookingeyes,flatchests,teethfashionablyblackened,andgownscrossedwithsilkenscarfs,tiedinanenormousknotbehindanornamentwhichthemodernParisianladiesseemtohaveborrowedfromthedamesofJapan.

           Passepartoutwanderedforseveralhoursinthemidstofthismotleycrowd,lookinginatthewindowsoftherichandcuriousshops,thejewelleryestablishmentsglitteringwithquaintJapaneseornaments,therestaurantsdeckedwithstreamersandbanners,thetea-houses,wheretheodorousbeveragewasbeingdrunkwithsaki,aliquorconcoctedfromthefermentationofrice,andthecomfortablesmoking-houses,wheretheywerepuffing,notopium,whichisalmostunknowninJapan,butaveryfine,stringytobacco.Hewentontillhefoundhimselfinthefields,inthemidstofvastriceplantations.Therehesawdazzlingcamelliasexpandingthemselves,withflowerswhichweregivingforththeirlastcoloursandperfumes,notonbushes,butontrees,andwithinbambooenclosures,cherry,plum,andappletrees,whichtheJapanesecultivateratherfortheirblossomsthantheirfruit,andwhichqueerly-fashioned,grinningscarecrowsprotectedfromthesparrows,pigeons,ravens,andothervoraciousbirds.Onthebranchesofthecedarswereperchedlargeeagles;amidthefoliageoftheweepingwillowswereherons,solemnlystandingononeleg;andoneveryhandwerecrows,ducks,hawks,wildbirds,andamultitudeofcranes,whichtheJapaneseconsidersacred,andwhichtotheirmindssymboliselonglifeandprosperity.

           Ashewasstrollingalong,Passepartoutespiedsomevioletsamongtheshrubs.

           "Good!"saidhe;"I’llhavesomesupper."

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