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Among allthe theories formed about the Kumaso, the most plausible is that theybelonged to the Sow race of Borneo and that they found their way toJapan on the breast of the Black Tide. Necessarilythese events sharply accentuated the enmity between the Soga and theMononobe. But they are only men. Ariga writes: Our countrymen did not acquire anything speciallynew in the way of moral tenets.

Apart from the fact that tanners were invited fromKorea to improve the process followed in Japan, the records containnothing worthy of attention. In the evening they drankchampagne and danced on the deck, while before them rose the silhouetteof the pyramids backlit by the sunset. Bacheet turned his back on Yakub and stalked away. During his convalescence he sent for Rebecca on most evenings andresumed the long conversations with her as though they had neverceased.