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where one goes, on the coast or inland, the extraordinary number of
young children forms a marked feature.

There were about five thousand men in line, representing the several
arms of the service, all dressed in European costume, and mostly
officered by foreigners. The Mikado reviewed the troops on horseback in
due form, and made a very good appearance accompanied by a
well-appointed suite. The military display, being conducted upon
imported ideas, was very like such a ceremony in America, save that the
cavalry was small in numbers, riding upon the merest caricatures of
horses,--ponies about the size of Newfoundland dogs; but what they
lacked in size they made up in viciousness, so that it was about all the
gallant cavalry could do to keep in their saddles. Indeed, many of them
came to grief, spread out like galvanized bullfrogs upon the greensward,
while their horses scampered off the field.

Tokio must contain over half a million of people. There is said to be
over a million, but this may be doubted, though geographically it covers
more ground than London. It is well laid out, with broad streets and
good roads, and has a thorough police arrangement, having adopted
numerous European and American ideas. The city is intersected by many
canals and river courses, one bridge especially attracting our
attention, the Bridge of Japan, which is to this country what the
golden mile-stone was in the Forum at Rome: all distances throughout the
empire are measured from it. The review having taken place in the early
morning, we had a large portion of the day to visit places of interest
in the town. Among these was the renowned temple of Shiba, which is over
six centuries in age, composed of numerous kiosk-like buildings, looking
more like immense lacquered jewel cases than anything else. There are
many broad walks and courts, and stone pillars for lanterns, lofty trees
and sacred tombs, for here lie buried most of the by-gone Tycoons. The
temple portion of this vast space contains a great amount of gold,
silver, bronze, and carved articles, the intrinsic value of which
aggregates millions of dollars. Where could such an accumulation of
wealth come from? History knows nothing of the importation of the
precious metals, though it is true they are found in more or less
abundance all over the country. Copper of the best and purest quality is
a native product, the exportation of which is prohibited, and mining for
the precious met