afebbhgh th eir'Arèhgth is not to be compared $9tthat $£§ 'tkeTnoithern ïiS-
habstatrts ofrilHFopp. r> Th©; meftiisre thte
not ‘, very cprpuleot ; yet I , fat.
They are öf a yeïïowilh - colour ~alb aVer,^ fometimes holering1.' ön
' .brown-,.andLpmetimns. on white.'. The; lower ck£s;:of;peó]riey~wbo,,
in . fummer when vat work, lay bare the upper part of their bodies*
are .fun burnt, and “cönfequently brown. Ladies, of diftindtion^; who
feldoHi ;go out in the open;-, air' without being covered, are perfectly
' White. It is'::by fheir-eyês that, like the Chinefe, theie-\p£ople areriif-
ringUilbabl e., it Th efe organs have not, tjiat rotundity/which ttrqfé'' of
exhibit; but aïe<0^1ongj. finall, anxl are funk deeper in the
li.ead,' in cpnfcquence j§fj which. thefe^ people • th© appeafr
. ange- oEheir^g;:pink-eygd^ In;pther refge^.theip; eyes are, darkibfpjgnj
©r-rather black; and the >eye lids 'form-in the great ^ngje.of eye
». dpep; furrow,j which; makes the Japanefc look as if they were . fliarp
lighted,. and diferinainates fhQ'm from otht* .nations. rTh&teyv&^hfoWs
are-^lfo placed fomewhat highpE, Their heads are irngeneraj large, :and
their necks Ihort; their hair black, thick, and fhining, from the ufe they,
make of oil's. Their nofes, though not flat, are yet rather thick and {hort.’*
Cuftoms j p This highly civilized people mull of courfe difplay- great diveriity of
charaöêr, but. the virtues far preponderate ,ov©f- thevvices; and",evens
their pride-is ufeful, as it prevents them from hooping to the mean tricks
. of the maritime Chinefe. Thpugh polygamy be allowed,- yet one--wife-
only is. acknowledged, the others being merely concubines. Marriages-
are condu&ed by the parents, or relationsand domeftic tranquillity dsi
infured by the wife’s being under the ahfolute dilpofal of hdr hulhand,
the laws allowing no-claim whatever in cafe , £he-incur Ins difpleafiireri
Hence, though the women be not confined, examples of infidelity are
very rare. In cafe of feparation the wife is condemned to the ignominy
of having her head always {haven. The marriage ceremony is performed
before; ah altar,..by the bride’s lighting altoich. ff6m{wÉMT!hc
bridegroom kindles another.
The bodies of -the diftinguifhed dead, continue to be burned, while
others are buried. Periodical vifits are paid to the tombs, befides the
feftival. of-lantherns, héld as in China, in honour of the departed.:
a VarajijM, 39, '
’ T h e japanefe "ufe grfeat'Varieties" of'fcfod'1 ahd’ fapees, T h e -m after *M
or mlft^efe o f th e hbufeHs n o t'h availed. W ith-'the trouble! of carving, the Cuj
being previoufl-y cut irito-fmafo pieeespferved'upfinbafons-of por-
"jdeiak# orfjapanned wood: I The-general- drink is facki, or beer made o f
rise* w h ich laid article h‘l*fS Supplies the place’ ofnbretfa. . They* ufe | |
many^indsf'h^V^etables andtffmtsi1 '-The ufe o f tearisal&H unwerfal;
b u r Wine and 3fpbitiioUsbh^<frs »are-unknown* Th&.ufenofetobaeeo
feems to have been introduced 'by the,Portuguefe | stnd the- practice df
firioklng lias become general*, i f ' *! ’ *lr * 1 -
'. The houfes'of the Japanefe are of wood, coloured' white'|rip as -to rep
femble 'ftone; and though.-roomy- and>-comm®diriuS- oever exceed two
'ftpries[ip-height, thehppEF' fervinglfot ;lbfts-:.and/J.garrqtsyand(feldom .
sbeing •’poeupW., Each Jioufe, formSobutj oneyraomy yhich may.be
divided into - apartments at pleafure, by;moveable^partition,Si c&dipg an
grooves. They mCe,neither chaks norhables^fittirig ©niftraw mats, f the
meal being ferVed apart to each on aTtnall fquare wooden, faiverv In
Jedo .'the- h^hfes/are, coveted with tiles,; ,.b«G ’the:-general ^ fabric is a
frame work pf wood, j^lit bamboos, and! Clay. - ■ ' a
r*The drels ^onfi^s of trowfers; and whaf we cafi nightgowns, pr
loofe- robes of filk or cotton,' are univerfahy Wf>tnby bqt f i , Thef e
Are fattened hy a gkdle ; the number" being increafe^.at,s^^J^Ihe
coldnefs -of the weather^ and in cafes.of f^ d eu jy^m th thrown from
the fhpulders, and'remam fufpend'ed b y the , girdle. are,nPt
iifed ; and the -Thoes are commonly pf rice ftram v? fhav e^thq
headffpm the fprehpad to,the.nape, buhthyhak on thfe ^es*: is.turned
up .and.'fafteneh'St the ci-bWn bf th&head :icbi:lcal"hats. mada
arewormjqpBWmes,;but- the fafhion ofwea'rfngpfe .hairworms the,
common economical,, cohering of theEead yand hems calculiated, like
the heavy head. dre.fs of the ancient Egyptians, to refitt-the;foree;,pf too
P0 The japanefe feftivals, the games, and theatrical .amufements, equal .
thofe of inoft civilized nations. Dancing girls are common, As in other
oriental countries; and the rintrodualdn of boys indicates, aybqmmable -
T propenlity here, as in China, neither reputed a crime nor a. fmgularity „
Thuob^l(lii. ns- ’ l I'rb?ja.©7-Hj
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