JAPAN AT EPSON

Otago Daily Times, Issue 214, 27 August 1862, Page 6

JAPAN AT EPSON

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irriut m tin- Mr.' •! oi iJ.stJer-i.it .\a^;t.<iki. of wit .tii \v,- i»\;r -'*ri —l our tn'.v,■!!;!,_' .supply oDi.'it--*, an i .> • .>:i I S-.- t!lO DiUi.i . U«^Ko::l, I -h.l!l'Tir.|.<^ !; f-, 1.",,;, i; K . op-f.ing >f a Ira ta in ?:!■■*.; hri's, \v},i<"ii tJ1..- !s;..>]! us t > n:ti :,i ;s<l tiir>. This will uiv<: t'\-'-i Ull4 >a:i -fit's n to the H.trki■li;i|j-, s;iri*;i'l<iU." in iuiifHCtiltv.<, ;\>: \ ii<sj yn-ut Ciln i ' tli-: li'it-iifsk-::'* (>f Japi;t. Ai- i, .'i-s-M'viii^ u< t.» iss<>. our ii.■-.'.■ [-uifrs, i«::i;iy a-sk--! v- if we lial sufii M»'iit Ui-f.-of- t'uo wjr.ls h in^ in t!i ir 1 iiiL'iiaLV, " Ho.v uiv-Vfr oil" f r-j>:i p'Tf" tlifr rsi ■-.ttis-iur ofwhivii vov.U M;vi!.jn:iM tan-lit us u>'Sii».' n> t.j n:i-iw.-r t n t!i»; Harlari i i toriirii'*, *' O>«u-ti<.-»'-M «!i- !"' wjjioh jo -ans. '" Tli.'ink.s he unfo you, O pc ij,;^, v.,' liny;* Kul'k'k-.'.l f»r <»ir nc:* !-■.'' Tlu* H.r oar'an

t-n^'ii-, ;v\ ynur s'renity will Jmt.vuv. i.s brit f. a j f>*w word-* uv-.ui mii'-'i. On t! elr %v;iv to th'OVist the cro'.vit s',.<t;i[K!;l at certain .-uu»II t'jin|i!<'.« i,: thu way-Milt* oalle I * tnrnpi!;*-." w'«iv invofati'ni i"v. -re iitUrcl in a lum! vci-o, nn.! .smV.l jt'stve-s of c-.'iin u'ivou t<> the |>rli'-t-5, <iou t!i.'-.-i ia i-av!r,riit fir ]ivn: -r,s, or f.)i* prfijiiti ttion of tin: grr.ii ,'un'f-stor Dar-i..-■•. At oth'T t*:i!)|)lcs hy tin 1 way.silo ni.at aa.l ilriii': ofi'-i----hvi/. were i11:i 1«* I>y th-j lS.trliiinans. Also ]>ri .s(s in r:»u','.'il nio'irtiini: with tlu.st ujjon th ir Jifi'l'i, ami I) irt:fVi(>t f\!, rati liy [\\c vayvi '~•, \\]{\i pniV'.r-i irK-i-rihoi on |iaji- :r*, wlii.:li they (ifh-reil to tho P''(ij)l(> for >n liicy. Of these j>;-:tyer-|>:q >. rs «# liavc lnm,<j!it some f.ir ileposit in the .••ivliiv-- ( f ;!i t » Dcjiartsnont for Corrc:<;wi«J».'n«:e with U.ir) ari.uis. Winu wi) came tv the j»!aoo wl,cro a scat of lumorwas prepare I for ih, \vi> t-v-v tiiat all the liailiu-hns of L'uulo i wurfl inili'-od lit-re as.;enil»!c i. The crowd was

as the ■:rowd ot flies about tii<» honey-pot s in tli • nnrkct-» of Nuku ilniinn, and the nlmutin.u as t!te roir of mr.iy waters, and the horses and the carriairis more j than could I).; eomitel. And we saw the Twoon i Fur-mur-stoon, in common jjarmenU like *.>the* nan' < with many counsellors of the Mikado and D liiuios", and all the Parliament of the nation, in a'i onclossd jjln<v, below where wo sit, and many of tht:n !iad little hook?? in their hands, a:id they Ktood ii! a rini;, and wrote id thoir bonk-*, and utu-r-zd invoearions ai i a loud voice, sannlin^ like ' I—lay—fiv— 1> — ony,' 'Six to nine—on—Buckstone.' ' J take it,' which we believe to have bern prayers or reliiiiom exe'.aination;;, bat they were n ,,t cle-.trly explained to us, as indeed otic interpreter was not siiiiieient for the m.my .strange sylifs we .s i«,y that dny. After awhilo all the people gathered in two i rows, with an opoa greon spae« between tlicru, and v dour was let loosu, and the people shouted as if deV(ttin-; Jiini to the «vi! powers, to whieii, indeed, we believe the »nc!ean animal to have been oflerel "us a Kueiiike. Then eaiuo forth h««ves of e.veedinur hf»i"ht but more thin than storks or uuinin^ot'si, with men ojj j their backs in bright and the people shouted i and the horses (rallopi-d up nud down like the wind' more and. more joininir th.>m till j«t last they all disappeared rounil the hill in front of in, am! by the aid ! of the glasses which make far ofi'thini^s near, we saw ' them- n mile an I a half a*-ay. Then of a .su'lden we ' heard a hell and a km I shoutinjr, and th!> crowd swayed, to and fro, and we felt our lieads «.-» round by reason of the cryini? of the multitude, and in two moments a<t*-r the bell we heard a great roarin<- and a great sound of horses' <e»t, aii<i, behold, ho?artliin" vusheil before us but whether it w.i^ horse, w mQI ? or soldiers, or railway eaiTin-ea, we know not, and I then the people poured inU> the K teen unma i .which they had abstained from till now and we were told the feast of Dar-boe \v;is over, and there arose a noise as of pistob, and our hearts turned to

water, but -Macdonald told ns to be of good courage, for it was the corks of the wholesome medicinal drink, calkd by the Barbarians "thinnpuin," <>f whifih we have often druok, for it i* goo-J for the stomach iv thin country. Then all the multitude took food, and the means of sprealing it out Ixitore them from their carriage:}, and drink, and bs^an eating fiad drinking much tn honor of Dar-bee, for I this is a part of the festival which must on no account jbe omitted. We aro told tiiat many Daiunios i?ivc iD;t'»y thousand of tads at this festival tj the prie-ts of Dar-beo, who tends and da honor t> the sacred horse-i, who ar • kf;pt for this curiou3 festival, and that there are many Daimioa who keep sacred horses f>r tiic- feist, s'ich us we hai s%n, tali and strong and excee/Jhig thin, and men in bright garments to ride upon their backs, liut all theietijini's are a | myrt'jry io us, and our hcx'la t>tiil ache with all we saw ami he-trd that lay, though we to:»k many bct'lei of the barbarian medicine " sharu-pain'' to cofd us and jjive strength to our bodies. Why all the Daiuiios and people of all ranks down to the Jov:,:t coolie* flock to the ftMtivi.J, uul'ss it l;e thnt it U enjoinod by religio' , w>- c iiinot tell. The way of (seven His %'^ry w>re to trr.'-d for h"at and da&t and crowd, find Mafsa laira I'.va'nne tl.iriUs it is a journey of penance laid upon tin U-irbarians bj their pr;esU, and 1 a*rce> that Urn i* probthle, tliou'/h Ma«t,lona'd when we askfu^ t i-all it w.ts 'Import,' a v.ord meaning 'play*or ' plea- | tv; -t.' Uut litnv f.hfrre cia b> '{'lay'or * pleasure' i n ! .-iHjKnit!!!:^ tho Couudto of tho N itiou and the busi-rie-i; of tils <:;tpital, aad j'ltirueyititc (i, throu^li he it and dust aril crowds, to fes many tail aul thin hor->«s tfallopiu^ iniily Ibr two moments like railwaye:iirirH*s that lrive ruu away, antl in j>ayin^ many tJjuu i:i»id taeis to the prksta of the horses, neither I nor Miitsidnira lw.iime Citn understand. We believe thenj is M>:ne infaniujf in this which the Tycoon does i ii: t *ish v* to fathom. Indeed, there are many thing* ' : jiiHt :m rlifficult of co:npr»djei!:;ion, aVjut which these p liarouriaiH ck-arly w'h'i to keep in the dark. When ; i w.: inquire, they friva us rf-asons whicli would isot • j .v,iify >:hi;<lr.n, murrh man; men of statecraft ttnd • j b:^T.i'.tis. Of all their t-lran^e things, cert-iin'y, the • tVasr. of ' J>ar-l<*i** i-» the mo.-t ftnin^c. What passed > o j our road home is littie kmnvii to me. The nie«ii- • cii;ts * hha:.*: pulu,' um*>it:A other qualities, cauEi.'th ! | .~!> *•;> to d/».;oud v i t'u« evv.s, au I I think I slept, for* w) c:t I next rcujeail'tr, I w:n in my bed iv the \r- • rnun.)} Ci vi ip-, aul my h'Ki I a:h>.-l exc-fdingly by ] r<*;-.- hi of the much thought I hal given D the htrange i tii :i,i-» of this <ivy. * ! »-'--J»«—«r»«—»»j»»p»n.1»iii ■ ■-■ "~——«——■

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