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me his English Fourth Reader with Japan^nese[begin crossed out]k[end crossed out]ey. Most children begin studying
English at 13. Wish I could spend a week here.

Inside temple this morning, found another ev[begin crossed out]e[end crossed out]il-[begin crossed out]-[end crossed out][text above crossed out][???]...averting [begin crossed out].........[end crossed out][text above crossed out]charm...not
mentioned in guide books.

Sept.[September] 14th.

Went down about 9:00 to see Crown Prince of Japan and his retinue, pass through Nikko
en route to Tokyo, All in [begin crossed out]ri[???]k[end crossed out] rikshas. Crowd ab[begin crossed out]os[end crossed out]solutely silent--which I understand
is re[typed over letter]quired here.

Bade Kuster good-bye and [begin crossed out]ca[end crossed out]Capt.[Captain]Buchanan and and started f{begin crossed out]r[end crossed out]or Lake Chume{begin crossed out]r[end crossed out][text inserted above crossed out letter]^n...zi,
with Mr.& Mrs................ Unfortunately rained[begin crossed out].[end crossed out], so we saw nothing, but our entire
party took the weather and dis[crossed out letter]arppointment with absolute good-nature.

Buchanan came up with Mrs. McKim, daughter of the Bromo-Seltzer king-[???]the
[text above elipses]woman... ................from [begin crossed out]Reher[???][end crossed out] Reno, [text between]^ who is...here, by way of getting 6 months, "residence,"
then to get a divorce. Smokes/cigarettes, of course! At Palm Beach she and another
out9[begin crossed out][???]4oked[end crossed out][text above crossed out]gambled all[text inserted]^the...men.

Sept. [September] 15th.

Left Nikko at 8 and came 4 miles through famous cryptomeria avenue to Iamachi[crossed out] with [text in right margin] [vertical line]?...
Buchanan. From there to Tokyo by mail. Here ran across Mez and [begin crossed out]Sleicher[end crossed out],[text above crossed out] Sleisher and with them
took rikshas and visited Shiba temples and tombs of Shoguns buried there. [text inserted]^Temple...Attendant is
studying E[crossed out letter]nglish and wishes to go to California. Sl{crossed out letter]eicher exclaimed on striking
similarity of Bud[text inserted above]^d...dhist and Catholic worship. Next to Shimmei[???], Matsu[begin crossed out]v[end crossed out][text inserted above v]r...i, the Shiba festi-[text in right margin][???]
val . Babies everywhere. Crowd[begin crossed out]s[end crossed out]very orderly. Side shows, dancing, shops and .........[text above elipses]fakirs...
at temple doors; people clap hands and pray a half minute and spend rest of time at
the Fair. Interested in seeing the little brown 8-and 10 year old Jap schoolboys
squatting on their [begin crossed out]"[???]etos"[end crossed out][text above crossed out]"getas"...and reading the cheap booklets and spending their copper
"sen" pieces for booklets instead of toys. "English Pprimers", and "English-Japanese
Co[crossed out]nversation" pap[crossed out]cr [text inserted] ^I... [crossed out]found very popular. The prevalence of English [crossed out] may mean much
in shaping Japanese civilization and religion. Temple-attendant this afternonn said