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A PRIEST'S COSTUME.
The town lies at our feet, and the lovely harbour straight before us, the mountains on each side forming the boundary line against the clear blue sky. The white buildings on the side opposite to Nagasaki are called Hakonara. The iron-foundry established there is superintended by a Dutchman, and worked by Japanese. lVe rowed across one morning to see it, and were astonished at the vast amount of European machinery made nse of, showing how great is the desire for improvement, and, in spite of th~ir suspicious fear of foreigners and foreign influence, their readiness to adopt really useful innovations. The Compera temple contains images very SImIlar to those worshipped by the Chinese. The priest's ordinary costume is not the simple grey habiliment ufled in China, but of a more elaborate description. We questioned a young priest as to the names of the various a.rticles he wore, and I note down the following list, giving the names in Japanese and English : Waistband, obee; outer vestment, kemono; loose jacket, lww-odÂŁe; under waistband, c'tah obee; loose inner vest, jee-bung-nz; stocking, tabie; sandals, zodie. The priests make use of beads, and, we were told, Hre never married-points in which their 1'e-