384 MATTHEW C. PERRY. 



of July, 1853, the day which followed this memo- 

 rable interview, the American squadron set sail for 

 Napha, the capital of the romantic and fertile Lew- 

 Chew Islands ; where they arrived, after an exceed- 

 ingly tempestuous and perilous passage, on the 25th 

 of the same month. 



