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The time approached to return to Kyoto. Kaoru regarded the Uji River with his men. He saw some that were fishing for Hiuo, the renowned fish, using nets, and others who made their way up and down the river on unsteady small boats piled with brushwood. "Each boatman is pursuing his own sad small livelihood at the uncertain mercy of the waters. It is the same with all of us," thought Kaoru to himself.
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