Japan and the Japanese

DSUTSI JAMA. 358
Japanese, a people superstitious to excess, expected that he would
use a good many prayers and ceremonies, but found, to their utmost
surprise, that he only took off the dirty
cloth which he wore about
how much
his waist, and tied it about the column. Perceiving
"
Friends,"
they were amazed, Kusi addressed them in these words :
said he, " it is in vain you expect that I should make use of many
ceremonies.
it, and it is
Ceremonies will never cast out devils;
only by faith that I perform miracles."
faith must dc
" A remark-
able
saying," exclaims "
Kampfer, in the mouth of a heathen
"
teacher !
Minold, a village through which they next passed, was famous
for the sole manufacture of a medicine of great repute, found out by
a poor but pious man, to whom the god Jacusi, the protector of
physic and physicians, revealed in a dream the ingredients, which
are certain bitter herbs growing upon the neighboring mountains.
This story helped the sale of the medicine, by which the inventor
soon grew very rich, so that he was not only able to build a
fine house for himself, but also a small temple, opposite his shop,
and highly adorned, in honor of the god who had given him the
receipt, whose statue, richly gilt, was to be seen there, standing
on a Tarate flower, and with half a large cockle-shell over his
head.
The next day (Sunday, March 4) the Dutch travellers crossed the
Dsutsi Jama, a mountain ridge, so steep that its descent was like
that of a winding staircase cut out in the face of the precipice.
On this mountain were many temples, and in this neighborhood vast
crowds of pilgrims were encountered, bound to Isje, situate some
forty miles to the south. The travellers struck the sea-coast at
fokilz, a town of a thousand houses, whose inhabitants were partly
supported by fishing, and the next day (Monday the 5th), after
about nine miles' travel, they entered the city of Quano, in the
province of VOARI, situated at the head of a deep bay. It con-
sisted of three parts, like so many different towns. The first and
third parts were enclosed by high walls and ditches. The other
part was entirely surrounded by water, the country being flat and
full of rivers. The castle, washed on three sides by the sea, was
separated from the town by a deep ditch with draw-bridges.
From Quano they proceeded by water to Mia, some fifteen miles
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