in the Horse Administration Bureau, whose duties were to extend over a period of thirty years, divided into two intervals, the first, eighteen and the second, twelve years. During the first interval it is contemplated that the Government shall acquire 1,500 stallions to be distributed throughout the country for the use of private individuals, and during the second period it is the expectation that the system will have completely renovated the stock and familiarized the people with proper methods of management so that matters may be left in their hands.
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Fig. 234.—Admiring cherry blossoms.
As our main purpose and limited time required
undivided attention to agricultural matters, and of these to
the long established practices of the people, we could give
but little time to sight-seeing or even to a study of the
efforts being made for the introduction of improved
agricultural methods and practices. But in the very old city
of Kyoto, which was the seat of the Mikado's court from be-
