The Archive · 1926

What the Expensive

This was the only excursion we made down the bay but there must be 20, perhaps 50, places as beautiful as that we had just visited with. in one or two hours' sail of the Jetty at Nagasaki. And all as easy to get to and as economical of ex: pense as the one I have tried to describe. Ten days could be pleasantly and profitably spent in Nagai going to a different place every.

Tourists rush from one farious site to another, travel first-class on the steamer or train and put up at expensive hotels and doing so miss as much loveliness as they see at a far greater cost both of nervous energy and money. The things really worth seeing, tie hills, the sea, forests and valleys, sunrise and sunset or the waves dashing in fury on the shore are all free to those who have eyes to see and hearts to rejoice in the beautiful world that God has made. Tam sure we were happier sitting on the kang in that Japanese farm house cating a scrapped up launch than we should have been in stiff collars and evening dress in a hotel. But all our friends had been, to Unzen s0 we decided to lung: into civilization and see this well Known resort before furni faces homewards.

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