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After tiffin I visited some of
the fur shops with the guide.
These were small & poor com-
pared to Peking or Shanghai.
They make no fur garments
here only for collar & cuffs.
I saw a few bundles of gray squirrel,
other & marten & black horse cat,
& a few striped wild cat poles.
In opera shops I found the leopard,
a long haired race but the dealers
wanted 60 yen each. The
Tiger skins I saw were
rich orange in color & short
haired being distinctly inferior
to the great Manchurian skins.
For these they wanted 400 to 500 yen
where in Peking the largest skins
were only 200, max. I cleared
almost 3 p.m. & took a
walk to photo natives for
the Koreans of all ages would
not submit so I bought photo
& natives from Jap dealer. The
Jap children wanted to be photographed
& cheered me in great glee & familiarity.