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… … In the neighbourhood in which the children shownin the picture overleaf live, there is a temple, called Compira, in honour of which a feast-day is held onthe tenth of every month, and the tenth day of the tenthmonth is a yet greater feast-day. On these days they 12 CHILD-LIFE IN JAPAN. go the first…
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