mie county, and that he had been frugal as well as industrious was proven by the fact that he was now able to purchase a farm of eighty acres, which he located in Lincoln township.
At the age of fifteen he began devoting much of his time in the summer months to reading and to such studies as he could master without a tutor, still continuing to attend the public schools in the winter seasons.
His fidelity to the interests of his district and the country at large is indicated by the fact that he was never absent from a roll call during the sessions of either congress and he never failed to answer a letter written to him in his official capacity by anyone in his district.
Mie prefecture is bordered by Aichi, Gifu, Shiga, Kyoto, Nara, and Wakayama.
As of 2000 Mie prefecture's 5,776.44 km² landmass is divided into 64.8% forest, 11.5% agriculture, 6% residential area, 3.8% roads, and 3.6% rivers.
Mie prefecture is famous for the Mikimoto pearl island formerly known as Ojima island, the shinto shrine[?] in Ise[?] built in the 1st century, the invetion of Ninja spies at Ueno castle, the wedded rocks at Futamigaura beach, and Matsuzaka beef[?].