INTERVIEW WITH DEPUTY OF THE PRINCE OF JIATSMAI. 



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CHAP TEE XXIV. 



INTERVIEW BETWEEN THE COMMODORE AND THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PRINCE OF MATSMAl. SOUTHAMPTON SENT TO 



EXPLORE VOLCANO BAT, INCLUDING ENDERSIO HARBOR. REPORT OF THE SURVEY. POVERTY OF THE REGION AROUND 



THE BAY. ERUPTION OF A VOLCANO AT MIDNIGHT. AINOS. BOUNDARIES OF AMERICANS AT HAKODADI LEFT TO BE 



SETTLED WITH THE IMPERIAL COMMISSIONERS. GOOD UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE AMERICANS AND PEOPLE OF 



HAKODADI. JAPANESE DELIGHTED WITH THE EXHIBITION OF THE "ETHIOPIAN MINSTRELS " ON BOARD SHIP. SQUADRON 



THEATRICALS. INTEREST OF JAPANESE IN THE MACHINERY AND FIRE-ARMS OF THE SHIPS. ANSWER OF HAKODADI 



AUTHORITIES TO COMMODORe's ENQUIRIES AS TO EUROPEAN OR AMERICAN VESSELS WRECKED IN JAPAN DURING THE LAST 



TEN TEARS. ANSWER OF THE IMPERIAL COMMISSIONERS TO SIMILAR ENQUIRIES. MACEDONIAN SAILS FOR SIMODA.— 



VANDALIA DISPATCHED FOR CHINA BY THE WESTERN PASSAGE. JAPANESE OFFICERS DESIRE A CONFERENCE WITH THE 



COMMODORE. FLAC-LIEUTENANT SENT ASHORE TO BRING THEM ON BOARD. DISRESPECTFUL CONDUCT OF TUB OFFICERS 



FLAG-LIEUTENANT RETURNS WITHOUT THEM.— 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 COMPOSED BY HIS SHIPMATES. BLOCK OF GRANITE PRESENTED BY THE JAPANESE AT 



HAKODADI FOR THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT. VOLCANO OF OHO-SIMA. ARRIVAL AT SIMODA. MEETING WITH THE 



COMMISSIONERS. BOUNDARIES AT HAKODADI SETTLED. APPOINTMENT OF PILOTS AND HARBOR-MASTER AGREED ON.— 



VALUE OF JAPANESE AND AMERICAN MONET RESPECTIVELY FIXED, ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS BETWEEN THE COM- 

 MISSIONERS AND CO.MMODORE 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 HAS AN INTERVIEW WITH THE OFFICIALS OF HIS COUNTRY. REFUSES TO GO ON SHORE OR LEAVE THE SHIP. 



PRAISEWORTHY CONDUCT OF A MARINE TOWARD SAM. " DAN KETCH." JAPANESE PUNISHMENT OF CRUCIFIXION. 



PRACTICE OF THE " HARI KARI " OR "HAPPY DISPATCH." DEPARTURE FROM SIMODA. MACEDONIAN AND SUPPLY SENT 



TO FORMOSA AND PHILLIPPINES. REDFIELD ROCKS. PARTY SENT ON SHORE FOR OBSERVATION OF OHO-SIMA. ARRIVAL 



AT LEW CHEW. SOUTHAMPTON ORDERED TO HONG KONG. POWHATAN AND MISSISSIPPI COME TO ANCHOR AT NAPH4. 



N tlie afternoon of May 19, the Commodore, having 

 shifted his flag temporarily to the Mississippi, re- 

 ceived on board of that ship Matsmai Kangsayii, 

 the great officer of the family of the prince of 

 Matsmai, who had come, as had been announced, to 

 meet the Americans on behalf of his superior. He 

 was accompanied by Yendo Matazaimon, the hunrjo 

 or governor of Hakodadi, Ishuko Kenso, the Chinese 

 interpreter, and several attendants. After the usual 

 interchange of compliments, the Commodore asked 

 ^when he was to expect the arrival of the Prince of 

 Matsmai himself. Kangsayu rejilied, that it was 

 —j;!""" impossible to say, as he was at Matsmai, and no 

 communication had been received from him in 

 reference to his coming. Tlie Commodore then 

 remarked, that if the prince did not come to see him he would be obliged to go and see the 

 prince, since there was no one at Hakodadi with whom a conference could be hehl in regard to 

 the treaty. Upon this the Japanese rejoined, that, as the prince coukl not leave Matsmai 



