SHIPS ANCHORED IN YOKU-HAMA BAY, 



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CHAPTER XIX. 



SHIPS ANCHORED IN TOKU-HAMA BAT 80 AS TO COMMAND THE SHORE. KANAGAWA "TREATY HOUSE." IMPERIAL BARGE. 



LANDING OF THE COMMODORE. DESCRIPTION OF THE JAPANESE COMMISSIONERS. INTERPRETERS. SERVILITY TO SUPERIORS. 



NEGOTIATIONS COMMENCED. COMMODORE SUBMITS A COPT OF THE TREATY OF THE UNITED STATES WITH CHINA FOR 



CONSIDERATION.— DEATH OF ONE OF OUR MEN. COMMODORE PROPOSES TO BUT A BURIAL GROUND FOR AMERICANS. — 



COMMISSIONERS PROPOSE TO SEND THE BODY OF THE DECEASED TO NAGASAKI FOR INTERMENT COMMODORE REFUSES 



AND PROPOSES TO BURY THE DEAD ON WEBSTEr's ISLAND. CollMISSIONERS CONSENT TO THE INTERMENT AT TOKU- 



HAMA. THE BURIAL BT CHAPLAIN JONES. INTEREST OF THE JAPANESE IN THE CEREMONT. THET AFTERWARD PERFORM 



THEIR OWN RITES OVER THE COVERED GRAVF,. THE JAPANESE BUILD AN ENCLOSURE AROUND THE SPOT. JAPANESE 



ARTISTS ATTEMPT THE PORTRAITS OF OUR OFFICERS. ANSWER TO THE PRESIDENT'S LETTER. INFORMAL CONFERENCE 



BETWEEN CAPTAIN ADAMS AND TENOSKE LANDING AND DELIVERY OF THE PRESENTS. JAPANESE WORKMEN ASSIST THE 



AMERICANS IN PREPARING FOR THEIR EXHIBITION. NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUED. SURPRISE AND DELIGHT OF THE JAPANESE 



AT THE TELEGRAPH AND RAILROAD. CURIOSITT OF THE JAPANESE IN EXAMINING MECHANISM. PASSION FOR BUTTONS. 



NOTE-TAKING OF EVERYTHING STRANGE TO THEM. LOVE OF PICTURES. DRAWINGS. COMMON PEOPLE DISPOSED TO SOCIAL 



INTERCOURSE WITH THE AMERICANS. EXCITEMENT ON CHAPLAIN BITTINGEr's ATTEMPT TO REACH YEDO BY LAND. 



WRITTEN REPLT OF COMMISSIONERS, DECLINING TO MARE A TREATT LIKE THAT OF THE UNITED STATES WITH CHINA. 



FURTHER NEGOTIATIONS. ACCURACY OF THE JAPANESE IN NOTING ALL THE DISCUSSIONS. PORTS OF SIMODA AND 



UAKODADI AGREED TO, BUT WITH GREAT DIFFICULTY ON THE PART OF THE JAPANESE. 



LONG the western side of the Bay of Tedo, from its 

 mouth, where it opens into the Gulf of Yedo, to the 

 capital, there is almost a continuous range of towns 

 and villages. The only breaks in this otherwise 

 uninterrupted scene of populousness are the projecting 

 spurs of the highlands, which, presenting less advantage 

 for habitation, naturally prevent the erection of dwel- 

 s ling houses. These promontories, however, are covered 

 with batteries, which are more formidable in aspect 

 than in reality, for their guns are but of small calibre, 

 and the defences slight in construction. Yoku-hama is 

 one of these numerous and populous villages, and is 

 situated at the head of a hay called on the American 

 charts "Yoku-hama Bay," which is formed by Point 

 Hope, on the southeast, and the neck of land extending northeast from Kanagawa to the suburb 

 of the city of Yedo, termed Sinagawa, and near to which the junks resorting to the capital 

 usually anchor. At the position in front of Yoku-hama there was just sufficient room to anchor 

 in a line of battle the whole squadron ; the guns of the several ships commanding an extent 



