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Show JAVAtt A$D iT3 CUSTOMS, 'Titfc, pppiilntfon, of Japan, ivjiich has been mUch ovctruted, does not ambtint to more than 20,000,000. Japan Is composed com-posed of four largts, Inktids, and jiovcrnl smaller ones of out, little Imjiortanco. Tho whole' urea in 150,000 square miles, about tho size of California; but Jupan proper' istmly about two-thirds the size of Texas,, containing 115,000 square miles. The people' are chiefly 'engaged irt.Agrfeul-ture, irt.Agrfeul-ture, and' tho wages of mecliaidcs toul la borers1 average lZi. pir day. In;their mahnerj,,tbo' people" Are' Vcry-'cporteoafl, but'ihty ire proud, 'Irascible, biiil liecti-tloss.' liecti-tloss.' Society is divided iuto eight classes, three of -whom bear swords. -They are noted for what Is, called "official lying,". no, mart being espec ted to tell, the f ruth if ho,can giift anything by a falsehood.' rThq houses urc usually two Rtorlcs'higL, but tho first' (son a level, with thp streets, so that they do'notprcsciit a very lmpos-lug lmpos-lug appearance; but the iuhabitauts have good reason for; this -stylo of tenements, for, typhoons and, earthquakes are frequent, Tha grooms are usually scpitratcd by paril-lions paril-lions of paper, made of mulberry, and of ycry "haudspme patterns. Tho'cellings and wall are prcparcd'wltli tho same, ma-ttrial; ma-ttrial; and not Unfrequently the' wealthy , have their apartments covered with gilt paper, bearing ' desigiw ,o,f birds" flower, &a:t which present a beautiful, appearance; appear-ance; Au apartment in' a foreign." residence, resid-ence, twenty-five (fcct square, beautifully prcparcit'.wlth .roaterial ; which had a silvery' sil-very' lustre, cost; duly ,,twp dollars and a half, Tlie houses tip tipt ireeta q bo' very substantially 'built, .being' Composed 'of Wood, brer which is a. plaster, which hardens hard-ens by exposure; they present nn niry and agreeable appearance; but ono would think tho inmates must suffer' from, cold during the winters, when thp thermometer fulls below freezing point, as their houses are illy adapted to protect thciu, having no fireplaces nor chimneys', using "braziers filled . with burning charcoal' Instead, around which often a numerous family assembles. Tho streets of their cities arc 29 feet wide, with a sewer along tho middle of each. They are paved, and have granite sidewalks, and in, thu principal streets, large gates are erected,1 which urc closed in cases of riot or hoslllo attack. Jcddo, tho capita), contains 2,090,000, of inhnbi-tants., inhnbi-tants., Their langangp is the most difficult in the world ttf learn, being made Up of 72 sounds. The greater "portlou;)f tho'peoj Ti profcssi'tfict Duddfatafr-bgioit.- 'They pray by machinery. A wheel is set up with u written prayer attached' to.lt, a slight .touch, sets It in , motion, iud.evcry revolution li counted a prayer. |