NARRATIVE 



OF 



THE EXPEDITION OF AN AMERICAN SQUADRON 



TO 



THE CHINA SEAS AND JAPAN, 



PERFOEMED IN THE YEARS 1852, 1853, and 1854, 



UNDER THE COMMAND OP 



COMMODORE M, C. PERRY, UNITED STATES NAVY, 



BY ORDER OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES. 



COMPILED FROJI THE ORIGINAL NOTES AND JOURNALS OP COMMODORE PERRY AND EIS OFFICERS, AT HIS REQUEST, AND 



UNDER HIS SUPERVISION, 



By FRANCIS L. HAWKS, D. D. L. L. D. 



WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS. 



PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES. 



WASHINGTON: 



BEVERLEY TUCKER, SENATE PRINTER. 

 1856. 



