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The jinrickicha men here seem
a much rougher class & I did not
care for them. At Kioto they were
more than civil & we took the same
men all the time so they did not
repeat the Temples, knowing what
we had seen. We got to Kobe before
any of the rest of our party and
have written a great many letters doing
all our Christmas cards & mailed
from here so that they may go by the
Empress of India on the 1 of Dec.
from Kobe. We bought very little here
and did not feel very cheerful about
a little Japanese tea set which I
wished very much to get. In China I
hope to get some good silks & crepe
for dresses, also blue china for
the drawing room & Ivory.
We saw at Kobe quite different
class of goods here the people are
not nearly so civil as at Kyoto
or so anxious to show you their
wares. We had a nice walk and
saw the upper town very well. -