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get made up till lunch time. This afternoon Pete made some experiments
in printing pictures and I tried some painting and now am writing
you so we are all up to date, and no boat to take it on for some
time.

{far right}Monday - April 2nd -
I think I'll have to start a collection of things carried by bicycle.
Today coming back from Mr Hotta's? we saw a boy peddling away
with a pier glass about five feet high standing on the rack
above the rear wheel and back to back with the boy. It did
look funny. Another man had six milk cans hung on all
sides of the rear wheen and on the rack a box with two dozen
milk bottles - quite a load. Another had a wooden [beechet?]
and on top a box full of empty bottles, and a fourth a
large box of all sorts of plants. It really is amazing.
Another man had three orange boxes piled one on top of another
though empty, and then equally ridiculous is the man with
a tiny box two by four, tied on the same place, in comparison
with some of the large loads.

Another way of hauling stuff, rubbish or furniture is on
a two wheel dray, the wheels in the center and the flat
part ten or twelve feet long. The stuff carried piled high
on top but well balanced so that both ends stay about
the same level. The man walks at the side with a wide
strap over his shoulder and in this way he can just pull it
along at the same time holding the thing up by one hand.
It must be awfully hard, for the loads are equal to those
drawn by a horse at home, only better balanced.

{far right}later.

I'll send this and start another - you can tell by the
dates if you miss a letter, but then if you do miss one there isn't
much you can do about it.

Loads of love to you all, and we do love Japan and
wish so you were with us.

More love
Catharine

{to the right of the signature:
P.S. Please send my letters to Aunt
Neh? and save them and the enclosures
too, which might be fun to keep.

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