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 patched for China by the western passage. — Japanese officers desire a conference witli tlie Commodore. — 



Flag-lieutenant sent ashore to bring them on board. — Disrespectful conduct of the officers. — Flag-lieuten- 

 ant returns without tliem. — Japanese officers finally come off in their own boat. — Not allowed to see the 

 Commodore until they apologize for their behavior. — Apology accepted. — Conference results in nothing 

 but a further illustration of Japanese finesse. — Burials of Americans at Hakodadi. — Respect shown for the 

 ceremonies by the Japanese. — Buddhist priest performs his funeral ceremonies after the Americans retire. — 

 Services in a Buddhist temple. — Japanese erect a fence around the American graves. — Sailor's epitaph com- 

 posed by his shipmates. — Block of granite presented by the Japanese at Halcodadi for the Wasliington 

 monument. — Volcano of Olio-Sima. — Arrival at Simoda. — Meeting with the commissioners. — Boundaries at 

 Hakodadi settled. — Appointment of pilots and harbor-master agreed on. — Value of Japanese and Ameri- 

 can money respectively fixed. — ^Additional regulations between the commissioners and Commodore agreed 

 to and signed. — Coal supplied at Simoda. — Its comparative quality and value. — Cost of various articles 

 furnished to the .ships. — Another block of stone for the Washington monument presented by the imperial 

 commissioners at Simoda. — Japanese present of dogs to the President. — Sam Patch lias an interview with 

 the officials of his country. — Refuses to go on shore or leave the ship. — Praiseworthy conduct of a marine 

 towards Sam. — "Dan Ketch." — Japanese punishment of crucifixion. — Practice of the "Hari-kari" or "Hap- 

 py-despatch." — Departure from Simoda. — Macedonian and supply sent to Formosa and Philippines. — Eed- 

 field rocks. — Party sent on shore for observation of Oho-Sima. — Arrival at Lew Chew. — Southampton or- 

 dered to Hong Kong. — Powliatan and Mississippi come to anchor at Napha 467 — 490 



CHAPTER XXV. 



Preparations for final departure from the Japanese waters. — Macedonian and Supply ordered to Formosa. — In- 

 structions to Captain Abbot, of the Macedonian, to toucli at the Philippines on his way from Formosa to 

 China. — Mississippi, Powhatan, and Southampton proceed to Lew Chew. — State of affairs in Lew Chew. — 

 Supposed murder of an American by Lew Chewans. — Trial of Lew Chewans for murder by their own au- 

 thorities on the Commodore's demand. — Description of a Lew Chew court of justice. — Accused made to 

 plead by punches in the ribs. — Accused convicted and In'ought to the Commodore for punishment. — He 

 hands them over to their own authorities. — They are banished. — New Tear's customs. — Coal removed from 

 the depot to the ships. — Compact or treaty made witli Lew Chew. — Present from the Lew Chewans to the 

 Commodore. — A stoue for the Washington monument. — Eifort of a Japanese to come off in the squadron 

 to the United States. — Parting entertainment to Lew Cliew authorities. — Departure of the squadron for 

 China. — Macedonian's visit to Formosa. — Unavailing search for Americans supposed to have been wrecked 

 on the island. — Explorations by Chaplain Jones for coal. — Found in abundance and of good quality. — 

 Survey of the harbor of Kelung. — Lying and cunning of the Formosans. — Run to Manilla. — Very stormy 

 passage. — Marine volcanoes in the neighborhood of Formosa. — Inquiries at Manilla into tlie murder of 

 certain Americans. — Satisfactory conduct of the Spanish authorities in the matter. — Delivery by Captain 

 Abbot to the Governor of six Sillibalioos that had been picked up at sea by Lieutenant Commanding Boyle, 

 of the Southampton, floating in an open lioat. — Remarkable distance that they had drifted. — Physical appear- 

 ance of the Sillibaboos. — Voyage of Macedonian to Hong Kong. — Captain Kelly's handling of tlie Chinese 

 pirates and imperial troops; forces them to make reparation. — Chastisement of the Chinese by the joint 

 action of the officers and men of the Plymouth and of those of her Britannic Majesty's ships Encounter 

 and Grecian. — The Commodore, by leave from the Navy Department, turns over the command to Captain 

 Abbot, and returns home by the overland route. — On the arrival of the Mississippi in New York, on the 

 23d of April, the Commodore repairs on board, and formally hauling down his flag, terminates the expedi- 

 tion - - 491—508 



SUPPLEMENTARY CHAPTER. 



Commander Adams arrives in the United States witli the treatj'. — Submitted by the President and ratified by 

 the Senate. — Commander Adams sent back with authority to exchange ratifications. — Arrives at Simoda 

 after an absence of little more than nine months. — Altered aspect of the place from the effects of an earth- 

 quake. — Japanese account of the calamity. — Loss of Russian ship-of-war Diana. — Russians make a treaty 

 exactly like ours, with a substitution merely of Nagasalvi for Napha as one of the tliree ports. — French 

 ship brings in two shipwrecked Japanese. — Authorities refuse to receive them except from under our flag, 

 having no treaty with France. — Men taken on board the Powhatan, and then received by their country- 

 men. — Energy of Japanese in rebuilding Simoda. — Freedom of intercourse with the people. — No more 

 espionage. — Brisk traffic at the shops. — Delivery to Captain Adams of some religious tracts left at Simoda 

 by Mr. Bittinger. — Japanese had learned to manage the locomotive, but not the telegraph. — Moryama 

 Yenoske promoted. — Message from the commissioners to Commodore Perry. — Ratifications cxelianged 509 — 512 



