VISIT FROM THE AUTHORITIES OF HAKODADI. 



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CHATTER XXIII 



VISIT PROM THE AUTHORITIES AT HAKODADI.^THEIR IGNORANCE THAT A TREATY HAD BEEN MADE. VISIT TO AUTHORITIES 



AND EXPLANATION OF AFFAIRS TO THE JAPANESE. ANSWER OF THE OFFICIALS AT HAKODADI. THEIR FRIENDLINESS AND 



COCRTEST. VISITS AND RAMBLES OF THE AMERICANS ON SHORE. HOUSES ALLOTTED FOR THEIR TEMPORARY ACCOMMODA- 

 TION. DESCRIPTION OF HAKODADI. RESEMBLANCE TO GIBRALTAR. CLEANLINESS OF STREETS. PAVEMENTS AND SEWERS. 



DIVISION INTO DISTRICTS UNDER OTTONAS. PACK HORSES USED, NO WHEEL CARRIAGES. TOWN VERT THRIVING. 



BUILDINGS DESCRIBED. PREPARATIONS AGAINST FIRES IN THE CITY SKILL OF CARPENTERS AND HOUSE-JOINERS. SHOPS, 



THEIR CONSTRUCTION AND GOODS.- — CARVINGS IN WOOD. FURNITURE. — CHAIRS AND TABLES. FASHION IN EATING. TEA, 



HOW PREPARED, FIRE FOR BOILING THE KETTLE. KITCHENS, STABLES, AND GARDENS. FIRE-PROOF WAREHOUSES. 



TRAFFIC AT THE SHOPS. BUDDHIST TEMPLES. GRAVE-YARDS. PRAYING BY MACHINERY. INSCRIPTIONS ON TOMBS. 



BINTOO TEMPLES. SHRINES BY THE WAY SIDE. GATEWAYS ON THE ROADS. PROSPECTS FOR CHRISTIANITY IN JAPAN. 



WEAK MILITARY DEFENCES OF HAKODADI. SURROUNDING COUNTRY. LOOK-OUT FOR SHIPS APPROACHING.- — JAPANESE 



TELESCOPE. GEOLOGY OF THE COUNTRY. MINERAL SPRING. NATURAL CAVE. CULINARY VEGETABLES. COMMERCE AND 



FISHERIES.- — JAPANESE JUNKS. SHIP YARDS. FEW BIRDS. FISH ABUNDANT. WILD QUADRUPEDS. FOX CONSIDERED AS 



THE DEVIL. HORSES MUCH USED. KAGOS. — CLIMATE OF HAKODADI. POPULATION AND PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF 



THE PEOPLE. AINOS OR HAIRY KURILES. MECHANICAL SKILL OF THE JAPANESE. CARPENTRY AND MASONRY. COOPERS. 



IRON ORE WORKERS. BLACKSMITHS, THEIR BELLOWS. COPPER MUCH USED IN JUNK BUILDING. SPINNING AND WEAVING. 



DYED COTTONS. — SILK FABRICS. LAC9UERED WARE. PRINTING, DRAWING, AND PAINTING. SCULPTURE. ARCHITECTURE. 



GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. INFORMATION, DERIVED THROUGH THE DUTCH AT NAGASAKI, FROM EUROPEAN PUBLICATIONS. 



JAPANESE GAME OF CHESS. CARDS. LOTO. — BALL AND JACKSTRAWS AMONG THE CHILDREN. 



HE steamers had been at anchor but a few hours 

 when a boat, which, from the usual black striped 

 flag and emblazoned standard at the stern, was 

 known to be a government craft, was seen slowly to 

 approach the flag-ship. Her build was very much 

 like those boats elsewhere seen, but of a heavier 

 make and clumsier model. Her eight boatmen 

 were dressed in the livery — dark blue and white — 

 and marked on the back with the arms of the 

 dignitary in whose service they were. Their boat 

 was rowed instead of being sculled, and made less 

 speed than was usual with the Japanese government 

 boats. As soon as it arrived alongside of the 

 Powhatan several Japanese oflicials came on board. 

 On their arrival they were presented with the letter 

 the Commodore bore from the Japanese commissioners, and a copy of the treaty in the Chinese 

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