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Title: Around the world in eighty days
Year: 1873 (1870s)
Authors: Verne, Jules, 1828-1905
Subjects: Voyages around the world
Publisher: Boston : J. R. Osgood & Co.
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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ds of hunger were becoming importunate. He ob-served that the butchers stalls contained neither mutton,goat, nor pork ; and knowing also that it is a sacrilege tokill cattle, which are preserved solely for farming, he made uphis mind that meat was far from plentiful in Yokohama,—•nor was he mistaken ; and in default of butchers meat;he could have wished for a quarter of wild boar or deer, apartridge, or some quails, some game or fish, which, withrice, the Japanese eat almost exclusively. But he found itnecessary to keep up a stout heart, and to postpone themeal he craved till the following morning. Night came,and Passepartout re-entered the native quarter, wherehe wandered through the streets, lit by vari-colouredlanterns, looking on at the dancers who were executingskilful steps and boundings, and the astrologers who stoodin the open air with their telescopes. Then he came tothe harbour, which was lit up by the rosin torches of thefishermen, who were fishing from their boats. . ^
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NIGHT CAME ON, AND PASSErAETOFT KETURNED TO THE TOWN. (Prrap 182. AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS. -183 The streets at last became quiet, and the patrol, theofficers of which, in their splendid costumes, and sur-rounded by their suites, Passepartout thought seemed likeambassadors, succeeded the bustling crowd. Each time acompany passed. Passepartout chuckled, and said to him-self, Good! another Japanese embassy departing forEurope ! 184 AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS. CHAPTER XXIII. IN \VHICH passepartouts NOSE BECOMES OUT-RAGEOUSLY LONG. The next morning poor, jaded, famished Passepartout saidto himself that he must get something to eat at all hazards,and the sooner he did so the better. He might, indeed, sellhis watch ; but he would have starved first. Now or neverhe must use the strong, if not melodious voice which naturehad bestowed upon him. He knew several French andEnglish songs, and resolved to try them upon the Japanese,who must be lovers of music, since they were for everpo

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