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288 SONDA THE SAMUBA1.
longs in general to the humbler classes ; and the
other is the Yamato type, which has an oval face,
delicate profile, more oblique eyes, tiny mouth, long,
rounded nose, and an expression lighted by intellect
and culture. Though in individual instances preconceived
theories as to origin and ancestry are as
easily upset as a study of a man's character by his
handwriting, yet these two types of the conquerors
and the aborigines are very marked. Kiku had the
stamp of the Yainato race in her lovely and rosy
countenance, which was habitually that of modesty
lighted by gracious smiles.
No vain doll was Kiku, but besides inheriting her
mother's beauty she added to it the inner grace of
a meek and dutiful spirit. In addition to her skill
in household duties, her memory was well stored
with the knowledge of Japanese history and the
Chinese classics. She had committed to memory
the entire books of the " Woman's Great Learning,"
and had read carefully five other works on etiquette
and morals which her father had presented to her on
successive birthdays. Kiku was a remarkably well-
educated maiden, and would have been a prize for
even a kug, or court noble.
Faithfully following Japanese etiquette, Kiku had
been carefully kept from the company of the male
sex since her eighth year. She never talked with
any young man except her brothers. Occasionally
at family parties she was addressed by her uncles
or cousins. Sometimes, when officers or gentlemen
called to see her father, Kiku would serve tea to the