354 



EXPEDITION TO JAPAN. 



the boats left the ship with the body, attended by the chaplain, Mr. Jones, Mr. Williams, the 

 interpreter, and a party of marines. The flags of every vessel in the squadron were hoisted at 

 half mast as the boats pushed oif. The body was borne to a very picturesque spot at the foot of 

 a hill, at a short distance from the village of Yoku-hama. The chaplain, Mr. Jones, was robed 

 in his clerical gown, and on landing was received in the most courteous manner by some of the 

 Japanese authorities, who showed none of their supposed repugnance to the Christian religion 

 and its ministers. Crowds of the people had also gathered, and looked on with great curiosity, 



.nrif^.'^^'^'f, " ^.^-^0^ ..^J^ 





Buddhist Priest in Full Drees. 



but with decorous respect, as the funeral procession moved slowly along to the sound of the 

 muffled drum. The road lay through the village, and its inhabitants came out from their 

 houses and open shops to behold the novel scene. The place chosen for the burial was near 

 a Japanese place of interment, with stone idols and sculptured headstones, and as the procession 

 came up a Buddhist priest, in robes of richly embroidered silk, was observed already on the 

 ground. 



