A Budget of Letters From Japan : Reminiscences of Work And Travel in Japan
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Diameter at mouth, qJ^ feet.
Thickness of metal, 10^ inches.
Amount of copper, 26 tons and 600 lbs.
" " tin, I ton and 500 lbs.
Total weight, 55,100 lbs.
AN EXCURSION TO NARA. 267 In the vicinity of this belfry are several booths for the sale of trinkets, charms, and mementoes.
Old pieces of bone, horn, and ivory, have been carved into tooth-picks, combs, hair-pins, etc., for the devotees and visitors to purchase. You will also see some old swords and spears, said to have been used by the retai...ners of Hidfeyoshi in the invasion of Corea three hundred years ago. Returning from their victories and conquests, they hung up their weapons here to show their gratitude for the successful issue of the enterprise— much in the same way, I imagine, as the shipwrecked Roman sailors hung up in the temples their dripping gar- ments to testify their appreciation of Neptune's merciful assistance. And, as the dampened tunics have long since been taken down from the moldy walls, so these ancient blades are rapidly disappear- ing before the impetuous advance of our mercenary curio hunters.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Diameter at mouth, qJ^ feet.
Thickness of metal, 10^ inches.
Amount of copper, 26 tons and 600 lbs.
" " tin, I ton and 500 lbs.
Total weight, 55,100 lbs.
AN EXCURSION TO NARA. 267 In the vicinity of this belfry are several booths for the sale of trinkets, charms, and mementoes.
Old pieces of bone, horn, and ivory, have been carved into tooth-picks, combs, hair-pins, etc., for the devotees and visitors to purchase. You will also see some old swords and spears, said to have been used by the retai...ners of Hidfeyoshi in the invasion of Corea three hundred years ago. Returning from their victories and conquests, they hung up their weapons here to show their gratitude for the successful issue of the enterprise— much in the same way, I imagine, as the shipwrecked Roman sailors hung up in the temples their dripping gar- ments to testify their appreciation of Neptune's merciful assistance. And, as the dampened tunics have long since been taken down from the moldy walls, so these ancient blades are rapidly disappear- ing before the impetuous advance of our mercenary curio hunters.
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