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I may also add, that on a small island off the coast of Yezo I found probably the last vestiges of a people still living in houses built over pits, such as it is supposed were formerly [[strikethrough]] [?] [[/strikethrough]] common throughout Yezo. The remains of what are supposed to have been pit-dwellings are to be seen in many places in Yezo, [[strikethrough]] [?] [[/strikethrough]] but the evidence that they were inhabited is based mostly upon Aino tradition [[strikethrough]] s [[/strikethrough]] It was my good fortune not only to visit the pit dwellings        ^[[insert]] but also [[/insert]] [[strikethrough]] & [[/strikethrough]] to photograph them. In a few years they will doubtless disappear, as the small remnant of people is dying out.