upright between his big andsecond toe as if the stilt was like his shoes. He hasa good view of his two friends who are wrestling, andprobably making hideous noises like wild animals asthey try to throw one another, for they have seen fatpublic wrestlers stand on opposite sides of a sandedring,… … BOYS ON STILTS. Jo face page lo- SEVEN SCENES OF CHriD-TJFR IN JAPAN. T I decided by a throw, the umpire, who struts aboutlike a turkey-cock, fanning himself, approaches, andplucks the girdle of the weaker combatant, when thewrestlers at once retire to the side of the arena to rest,and to sprinkle…
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