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Thechildrenareveryprettyandattractive，andtheirfacesgivepromiseofanintelligencewhichislackinginthoseoftheadults。
Theyaremuchloved，andarecaressingaswellascaressed。TheinfantsofthemountainAinoshaveseedsofmilletputintotheirmouthsassoonastheyareborn，andthoseofthecoastAinosamorselofsalt-fish；andwhateverbethehourofbirth，“custom“
requiresthattheyshallnotbefeduntilanighthaspassed。Theyarenotweaneduntiltheyareatleastthreeyearsold。Boysarepreferredtogirls，butbotharehighlyvalued，andachildlesswifemaybedivorced。
Childrendonotreceivenamestilltheyarefourorfiveyearsold，andthenthefatherchoosesanamebywhichhischildisafterwardsknown。Youngchildrenwhentheytravelareeithercarriedontheirmothers’backsinanet，orinthebackoftheloosegarment；butinbothcasestheweightismainlysupportedbyabroadbandwhichpassesroundthewoman’sforehead。Whenmencarrythemtheyholdthemintheirarms。Thehairofveryyoungchildrenisshaven，andfromaboutfivetofifteentheboysweareitheralargetonsureortuftsabovetheears，whilethegirlsareallowedtogrowhairallovertheirheads。
Implicitandpromptobedienceisrequiredfrominfancy；andfromaveryearlyagethechildrenareutilisedbybeingmadetofetchandcarryandgoonmessages。Ihaveseenchildrenapparentlynotmorethantwoyearsoldsentforwood；andevenatthisagetheyaresothoroughlytrainedintheobservancesofetiquettethatbabiesjustabletowalknevertoddleintooroutofthishousewithoutformalsalutationstoeachpersonwithinit，themotheraloneexcepted。
Theydon’twearanyclothingtilltheyaresevenoreightyearsold，andarethendressedliketheirelders。Theirmannerstotheirparentsareveryaffectionate。Evento-day，inthechief’sawe-inspiringpresence，onedearlittlenudecreature，whohadbeensittingquietlyfortwohoursstaringintothefirewithherbigbrowneyes，rushedtomeethermotherwhensheentered，andthrewherarmsroundher，towhichthewomanrespondedbyalookoftruematernaltendernessandakiss。Theselittlecreatures，intheabsoluteunconsciousnessofinnocence，withtheirbeautifulfaces，olive-tintedbodies，——allthedarker，sadtosay，fromdirt，——theirperfectdocility，andabsenceofpryingcuriosity，areverybewitching。Theyallwearsilverorpewterornamentstiedroundtheirnecksbyawispofbluecotton。
Apparentlytheordinaryinfantilemaladies，suchaswhooping-coughandmeasles，donotafflicttheAinosfatally；butthechildrensufferfromacutaneousaffection，whichwearsoffastheyreachtheageoftenorelevenyears，aswellasfromseveretoothachewiththeirfirstteeth。
AinoClothing——HolidayDress——DomesticArchitecture——HouseholdGods——JapaneseCurios——TheNecessariesofLife——ClaySoup——ArrowPoison——Arrow-Traps——FemaleOccupations——BarkCloth——TheArtofWeaving。
Ainoclothing，forsavages，isexceptionallygood。Inthewinteritconsistsofone，two，ormorecoatsofskins，withhoodsofthesame，towhichthemenaddrudemoccasinswhentheygoouthunting。
Insummertheywearkimonos，orloosecoats，madeofclothwovenfromthesplitbarkofaforesttree。Thisisadurableandbeautifulfabricinvariousshadesofnaturalbuff，andsomewhatresembleswhatisknowntofancyworkersas“Panamacanvas。“Underthisaskinorbark-cl
