| Show HAIRY ainuu OF JAPAN aboriginal race low in the scale of mankind in the northern island of tho the japan eso ese group M iho e the ainu tac hairy ab of japan tho the men are of low st aturo thick set full bearded with busby bushy black hair muscular in frame and limbs and with wit largo large bands and feet they have no alphabet no uri writings tings of at any kind their dwellings aro are made of poles covered over with thick straw mats mate with thatched roots roofs the window and doors being hole covered with tho the acme materials th tha earth beaten down hard forma forms tho the floor the fl replace with its pot rot books occupies the center there being beling no chimner the interior walla walls become thickly varnished with creosote densely packed with flakes of carbon or fes mooned with masses of soot root tho the ainu dress consists oi 01 an upper and a lower ga garment rm ent having tight sleeves and reaching to the lindes they also wear straw leggins and straw shoe their hair which Is astonishingly thick Is clipped abort short in front and falls la in masses down tho the hick back and sides of the shoulders the beard and mustaches are allow allowed ad to grow to their full length sometimes borac times reaching eighteen inches the women are of about tho ther same stature and build and most of 01 them are very uly ugly looking this arises from the fact eliat they tattoo a wido wide band of dirr diny blue around their lips tapering upward on each side to a point end they also tattoo geo metrical figures on their hands anu forearms |
