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But there was a little squall last week at Mionoseki; and the people said that it was caused by the anger of the god. 'Eggs? I queried. 'No: a Kudan. 'What is a Kudan? 'Is it possible you never heard of the Kudan? The Kudan has the face of a man, and the body of a bull. Sometimes it is born of a cow, and that is a Sign-of-things-going-to-happen. And the Kudan always tells the truth.
They had a tiger and many curious animals and the stuffed Kudan; and they took the Izumo Maru for Mionoseki. As the steamer entered the port a sudden squall came; and the priests of the temple said the god was angry because things impure bones and parts of dead animals had been brought to the town. And the show people were not even allowed to land: they had to go back to Sakai on the same steamer.
Therefore in Japanese letters and documents it is customary to use the phrase, Kudanno-gotoshi "like the Kudan" or "on the truth of the Kudan." 'But why was the God of Mionoseki angry about the Kudan? 'People said it was a stuffed Kudan. I did not see it, so I cannot tell you how it was made. There was some travelling showmen from Osaka at Sakai.
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