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enroute. It's a very old part of Japan and practically unknown to foreigners. I do not expect to meet a single foreigner until I get in the vicinity of Nikko. I have found two splendid jinrikisha men, whom I have had over five weeks and have engaged them to remain with me during the balance of my stay in Japan. They are fine strong fellows, afraid of nothing, ready to go anywhere with me and each speak a few words of English. I am trying to teach them more and they teach me Japanese. It's a curious combination but works pretty well, and I can make nearly all wants known. They are "dead game" and I like them. In turn they seem to like me, so I go without hesitation, on this second long trip without guide or interpreters. [[strikethrough]] I [[/strikethrough]] My first trip, (long one) the Nakasendo, proved extremely interesting and I anticipate much pleasure on the second one. I shall take about six men in all with me and travel from twenty to forty miles a day. It's the only way to see what I care most [[strikethrough]] a [[/strikethrough]] for in Japan. The half-Europeanized Jap's sicken me and they infest and take from, the large cities much charm. In the country they are rarely around. 

The mountains of Japan are beautiful; those through which I recently travelled are now 

Transcription Notes:
Nikko - city in Japan jinrikisha - another word for rickshaw Nakasendo - trail in Japan