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Show HAIRY AINO8 OF JAPAN. Peculiar People Whose Characters Belie Be-lie Their Look. A traveler in Japan thus describes the hairy Ainos of that country: "The men are about the middle height, broad chested, broad shouldered, thickset, thick-set, very strongly built, the arms and feet large. The bodies and especially the limbs of many are covered with, short, bristly hair. I have seen two boys whose backs are covered with fur as fine and soft as that of a cat. We were ferried over a river by an Alno completely covered with hair, which on his shoulders was wavy like that of a retriever and rendered clothing quite needless, either for covering or for warmth. A wavy black beard rippled nearly to his waist over his furry cheat, and with his black locks hanging hang-ing In masses over his Bhoulders he would have looked a thorough savage had It not been for the exceeding sweetness of his umlle and eyes." |