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carried on the crest of a low range of bluffs on which is built the village of Shin-Mororan (i.e. new Mororan).
The inhabitants were brought over from the old village on the other side of the bay by Government order. 100 riôs was loaned to each head of a family, the Government sold them wood, shingles, &c., and the result is a village of some sixty Japanese houses, ten Aino huts and a gross population of 255 persons.
The new road ends here, distance from Satsporo 85 or 86 miles.
It is necessary to take ship for Mori, situated on the opposite side of volcano bay and distant some 25 miles. Having reached Mori (often a work of difficulty) another section of the roads extends from thence to Hakodate viâ Sigo-nope distance about 30 miles, which section has already been described.
