mountedpolicemanstartedwithusfromYubets，androdethewholewayhere，keepingexactlytomypace，butneverspeakingaword。
Wefordedonebroad，deepriver，andcrossedanother，partlybyfordingandpartlyinascow，afterwhichthetrackleftthelevel，and，afterpassingthroughreedygrassashighasthehorse’sears，wentforsomemilesupanddownhill，throughwoodscomposedentirelyoftheAilanthusglandulosus，withleavesmuchriddledbythemountainsilk-worm，andafernyundergrowthofthefamiliarPterisaquilina。Thedeepshadeandglancinglightsofthisopencopsewoodwereverypleasant；andasthehorsetrippedgailyupanddownthelittlehills，andtheseamurmurmingledwiththerustleofthebreeze，andaglintofwhitesurfsometimesflashedthroughthegreenery，anddragonfliesandbutterfliesinsuitsofcrimsonandblackvelvetcrossedthepathcontinuallylike“livingflashes“
oflight，Iwasremindedsomewhat，thoughfaintly，ofwindwardHawaii。WeemergeduponanAinohutandabeautifulplacidriver，andtwoAinosferriedthefourpeopleandhorsesacrossinascow，thethirdwadingtoguidetheboat。Theyworenoclothing，butonlyonewashairy。Theyweresuperb-lookingmen，gentle，andextremelycourteous，handingmeinandoutoftheboat，andholdingthestirrupwhileImounted，withmuchnaturalgrace。Onleavingtheyextendedtheirarmsandwavedtheirhandsinwardstwice，strokingtheirgrandbeardsafterwards，whichistheirusualsalutation。AshortdistanceovershinglebroughtustothisJapanesevillageofsixty-threehouses，acolonisationsettlement，mainlyofsamuraifromtheprovinceofSendai，whoareraisingveryfinecropsonthesandysoil。Themountains，twelvemilesintheinterior，havealargeAinopopulation，andafewAinoslivenearthisvillageandareheldingreatcontemptbyitsinhabitants。Myroomisonthevillagestreet，and，asitistoowarmtoclosetheshoji，theaboriginesstandlookinginatthelatticehourafterhour。
AshorttimeagoMr。VonSieboldandCountDiesbachgallopedupontheirreturnfromBiratori，theAinovillagetowhichIamgoing；
andCountD。，throwinghimselffromhishorse，rusheduptomewiththeexclamation，Lespuces！lespuces！Theyhavebroughtdownwiththemthechief，Benri，asuperbbutdissipated-lookingsavage。Mr。