The first thing that struck me on arriving at Kobe was the smart dress of the ricksha coolie, which closely resembles that of an accident which happened to me a couple of weeks ago at Tientsin, and which might have been averted, in some measure, had I received a helping hand from the crowd of Chinamen who were looking on, A pony reared and fell back with me bruising me badly, he afterwards kicked me several times as [lay on the ground, and wound up by walking on a finger nail and removing it bodily, together with the top of my finger! There were seven or a mafoos looking on with an ami smile on their idiotic faces, no doubt enjoying the sport immensely, and
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