KAGAWA, SAKAI, August, 1892.
DEAR NISHIDA,-- ... It made us both very happy to hear you had been
persuaded to stop at our little house; for although it is hot and small,
still you would feel more homelike there, with Izumo folk, than at the
big dreary hotels of Kumamoto. I hope you will be able to stop a little
while with us now at Mionoseki.
I like Oki very, very much--much better than Kumamoto. I like country
people, fishermen, sailors, primitive manners, simple ways: all these
delight me, and they are in Oki. To watch the life and customs of those
people is very pleasant, and would be profitable to me in a literary way
if I had time to spare. Oki is worth six months' literary study for me.
I hope to see it again. The only unpleasant thing is the awful smell of
the cuttle-fish. But I will tell you all my impressions when we meet....
With kindest regards from myself and Setsu,--hoping to see you soon, as
ever,