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The
performance
was
much
like
all
acrobatic
displays
;
but
it
must
be
confessed
that
the
Japanese
are
the
first
equilibrists
in
the
world
.
One
,
with
a
fan
and
some
bits
of
paper
,
performed
the
graceful
trick
of
the
butterflies
and
the
flowers
;
another
traced
in
the
air
,
with
the
odorous
smoke
of
his
pipe
,
a
series
of
blue
words
,
which
composed
a
compliment
to
the
audience
;
while
a
third
juggled
with
some
lighted
candles
,
which
he
extinguished
successively
as
they
passed
his
lips
,
and
relit
again
without
interrupting
for
an
instant
his
juggling
.
Another
reproduced
the
most
singular
combinations
with
a
spinning-top
;
in
his
hands
the
revolving
tops
seemed
to
be
animated
with
a
life
of
their
own
in
their
interminable
whirling
;
they
ran
over
pipe-stems
,
the
edges
of
sabres
,
wires
and
even
hairs
stretched
across
the
stage
;
they
turned
around
on
the
edges
of
large
glasses
,
crossed
bamboo
ladders
,
dispersed
into
all
the
corners
,
and
produced
strange
musical
effects
by
the
combination
of
their
various
pitches
of
tone
.
The
jugglers
tossed
them
in
the
air
,
threw
them
like
shuttlecocks
with
wooden
battledores
,
and
yet
they
kept
on
spinning
;
they
put
them
into
their
pockets
,
and
took
them
out
still
whirling
as
before
.
It
is
useless
to
describe
the
astonishing
performances
of
the
acrobats
and
gymnasts
.
The
turning
on
ladders
,
poles
,
balls
,
barrels
,
etc.
,
was
executed
with
wonderful
precision
.
But
the
principal
attraction
was
the
exhibition
of
the
Long
Noses
,
a
show
to
which
Europe
is
as
yet
a
stranger
.
The
Long
Noses
form
a
peculiar
company
,
under
the
direct
patronage
of
the
god
Tingou
.
Attired
after
the
fashion
of
the
Middle
Ages
,
they
bore
upon
their
shoulders
a
splendid
pair
of
wings
;
but
what
especially
distinguished
them
was
the
long
noses
which
were
fastened
to
their
faces
,
and
the
uses
which
they
made
of
them
.
These
noses
were
made
of
bamboo
,
and
were
five
,
six
,
and
even
ten
feet
long
,
some
straight
,
others
curved
,
some
ribboned
,
and
some
having
imitation
warts
upon
them
.
It
was
upon
these
appendages
,
fixed
tightly
on
their
real
noses
,
that
they
performed
their
gymnastic
exercises
.
A
dozen
of
these
sectaries
of
Tingou
lay
flat
upon
their
backs
,
while
others
,
dressed
to
represent
lightning-rods
,
came
and
frolicked
on
their
noses
,
jumping
from
one
to
another
,
and
performing
the
most
skilful
leapings
and
somersaults
.
As
a
last
scene
,
a
"
human
pyramid
"
had
been
announced
,
in
which
fifty
Long
Noses
were
to
represent
the
Car
of
Juggernaut
.
But
,
instead
of
forming
a
pyramid
by
mounting
each
other
's
shoulders
,
the
artists
were
to
group
themselves
on
top
of
the
noses
.
It
happened
that
the
performer
who
had
hitherto
formed
the
base
of
the
Car
had
quitted
the
troupe
,
and
as
,
to
fill
this
part
,
only
strength
and
adroitness
were
necessary
,
Passepartout
had
been
chosen
to
take
his
place
.
The
poor
fellow
really
felt
sad
when
--
melancholy
reminiscence
of
his
youth
!
--
he
donned
his
costume
,
adorned
with
vari-coloured
wings
,
and
fastened
to
his
natural
feature
a
false
nose
six
feet
long
.
But
he
cheered
up
when
he
thought
that
this
nose
was
winning
him
something
to
eat
.
He
went
upon
the
stage
,
and
took
his
place
beside
the
rest
who
were
to
compose
the
base
of
the
Car
of
Juggernaut
.
They
all
stretched
themselves
on
the
floor
,
their
noses
pointing
to
the
ceiling
.
A
second
group
of
artists
disposed
themselves
on
these
long
appendages
,
then
a
third
above
these
,
then
a
fourth
,
until
a
human
monument
reaching
to
the
very
cornices
of
the
theatre
soon
arose
on
top
of
the
noses
.
This
elicited
loud
applause
,
in
the
midst
of
which
the
orchestra
was
just
striking
up
a
deafening
air
,
when
the
pyramid
tottered
,
the
balance
was
lost
,
one
of
the
lower
noses
vanished
from
the
pyramid
,
and
the
human
monument
was
shattered
like
a
castle
built
of
cards
!
It
was
Passepartout
's
fault
.
Abandoning
his
position
,
clearing
the
footlights
without
the
aid
of
his
wings
,
and
,
clambering
up
to
the
right-hand
gallery
,
he
fell
at
the
feet
of
one
of
the
spectators
,
crying
,
"
Ah
,
my
master
!
my
master
!
"
