Show JN HIS book on Japan just published I pub-lished in London Dr Dresser mentions f men-tions a curious dainty of the tablet table-t which has escaped the notice of I i 4 most travelers namely a dish offish I of-fish so delicately carved that no vital part is touched and the fish is I still alive glaring at its devourer II P when the last slice of its flesh has j been consumed Dr Drssser declares de-clares that liaraliri is not performed I t per-formed by opening the abdomen but by thrusting sharp sword into the neck behind the windpipe and t pushing it forward till the throat is severed The misunderstanding of the operation has arisen says the author from the fact that the person per-son intending suicide scratches R upon his stomach certain marks which explain to the initiated the cause of his death |