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First Glimpses of Japan.


Fig. 3.—Method of drying seaweed used for food. The small black squares on the larger light ones are the seaweed. The skewers seen pin the squares of matting against the long screens, six of which are shown in parallel series.


Fig. 4.—Section of shallow sea bottom planted to brushwood on which the edible seaweeds attach themselves and grow.