a few incisions on the part to be tat- THE ABORIGINES OF JAPAN. tooed, after which she takes some of the soot upon gists. BY WALTER L. BEASLEY. her finger, and rubs it well in the gashes she has any kind to throw light upon their past. Probably one of the most interesting ethnological classed as… … neighbors, the Japanese. They num- Mustache Lifters. ber about 16,000, a mere remnant of @ once numerous and barbarous race. They subsist chiefly by hunting and fishing. The bear is still pursued and shot by means of the primitive bow made. Several applications result in two dark-blue and poisoned…
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