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 to exist in most parts of Japan, and in many curious forms. . . . The incident of “Riki-Baka” was a personal experience; and I wrote it down almost exactly as it happened, changing only a family-name mentioned by the Japanese narrator.

L. H.

, January 20th, 1904.