Unbeaten Tracks contains fascinating observational anecdotes of nineteenth-century Japan. This volume continues the journey, including experiences of tribal liv

In the late 19th century, Isabella Lucy Bird, a well-traveled Englishwoman, journeyed to northern Japan and explored the remote regions of Hokkaido on horseback

The intrepid explorer recounts her 1878 excursion into the back country of the Far East. Bird describes the vicissitudes of her journey — the difficulties as