Frazer.] oJO [Sept. 6, 



prospective journey an anticipated delight. He took with hina a rare 

 and beautifully bound album, the leaves of which were of various 

 hues, and commenced at once to illustrate this remarkable voyage. If 

 one looks through the illustrations accompanying the official account of 

 this expedition it will be seen how faithful and admirable, and at the same 

 time superior to these were the pictures and descriptions in this private 

 illustrated journal.* 



McCauley's sketches, full of life and humor (exhibiting at the same 

 time lack of training in the technical details of drawing and coloring, yet 

 an abundance of artistic sense in the treatment of his subjects), speak to 

 the observer of a happy, talented youth, free from care and confident of the 

 future. He was then twenty-four years of age. f 



* The title of this ofBcial quarto of 537 pp. together with the contents of several of its 

 important chapters here follows : 



Narrative 



OF 



The Expedition of an American Squadron 



TO 



The China Seas and Japan 



Performed in the Years 1852, 1853 and 1854, 

 Under the Command of Commodore M. C. Perry, United States Navy, 



By Order of the Government of the United States, 



Compiled from the Original Notes of Commodore Perry and His Officers, at His 

 Request, and Under His Supervision, 



By Francis L. Hawks, D.D., LL.D., 



With Numerous Illustrations. 



Published by Order of the Congress of the United States, 



Washington : 



Beverly Tucker, Senate Printer, 



1856. 



Chap. II. From Capes of Chesapeake to Madeira, view of island— Funchal. 



* * St. Helena, Jamestown. Hospiiality of a native to a Lieuienaut. 



Passage to " the Cape." 



Mauritius, Port Louis, * * Point de Galle (Ceylon), * * Straits of 



Malacca, Singapore. 

 Singapore, * * Hong Kong, * * Macao, * * Whampoa, • * . 

 Macao, * * Shanghai, * * Napha, * * . 

 Lew Chew. * * Visit to palace of Shti, * * . 



Exploration of Lew Chew. * * The Commodore visits regent at his 

 palace, and invites tlie authorities on board the Sutsquelianna to 

 dinner. 

 Boniii Islands. 



Lew Chew (same picture, p. 169, Chap. VIII, and 220, Chap, XI). 

 Chap. XII. Departure from Napha for Japan, Veds, etc. 

 Chap. XIII. Reply from court at Yedo, etc. 



tThe following comprise the principal subjects of these colored drawings, t. c: 

 BandiiW (ship's negro minstrels), "Members of the Boardin;/ School" (sailors with 

 pistols, muskets, pikes and cutlasses), "The Reason Why Johnnie Came to Sea," 



