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| | UNBEATEN TRACKS IN JAPAN |
 | | The journey from Kuroishi to Aomori, though only 22.5 miles, was a tremendous one, owing to the state of the roads; for more rain had fallen, and the passage of hundreds of pack-horses heavily loaded with salt-fish had turned the tracks into quagmires. |
 | | Between Kuroishi and Aomori, however, it is broken up into low ranges, scantily wooded, mainly with pine, scrub oak, and the dwarf bamboo. |
 | | The Sesamum ignosco, of which the incense-sticks are made, covers some hills to the exclusion of all else. |
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