496 EXPEDITION TO JAPAN. 



officers or people, wHch the couatry can furnish, shall be sold to them ; nor shall the authorities 

 interpose any prohibitory regulations to the people selling ; and whatever either party may 

 wish to buy shall be exchanged at reasonable prices. 



"Whenever ships of the United States shall come into any harbor in Lew Chew they shall 

 be supplied with wood and water at reasonable prices ; but if they wish to get other articles 

 they shall be purchaseable only at Napha. 



"If ships of the United States are wrecked on Great Lew Chew, or on islands under the 

 jurisdiction of the royal government of Lew Cliew, the local authorities shall dispatch persons 

 to assist in saving life and property, and preserve what can be brought ashore till the ships of 

 that nation shall come to take away all that may have been saved ; and the expenses incurred 

 in rescuing these unfortunate persons shall be refunded by the nation they belong to. 



"Whenever persons from ships of the United States come ashore in Lew Chew they shall be 

 at liberty to ramble where they please, without hindrance, or having officials sent to follow 

 them, or to spy what they do ; but if they violently go into houses, or trifle with women, or 

 force people to sell them things, or do other such like illegal acts, they shall be arrested by the 

 local officers, but not maltreated, and shall be reported to the captain of the ship to which they 

 belong, for punishment by him. 



"At Tumai is a burial-ground for the citizens of the United States, where their graves and- 

 tombs shall not be molested. 



" The government of Lew Chew shall appoint skilful pilots, who shall be on the look-out for 

 ships appearing off the island ; and if one is seen coming towards Napha they shall go out in 

 good boats beyond the reefs to conduct her in to a secure anchorage ; for which service the 

 captain shall pay the pilot five dollars, and the same for going out of the harbor beyond the 

 reefs. 



" Whenever ships anchor at Napha the local authorities shall furnish them with wood at the 

 rate of three thousand six hundred copper cash per thousand catties ; and with water at the 

 rate of six hundred copper cash (43 cents) for one thousand catties, or six barrels full, each 

 containing thirty American gallons. 



"Signed in the English and Chinese languages, by Commodore Matthew C. Perry, com- 

 mander-in-chief of the United States naval forces in the East India, China, and Japan seas, and 

 special envoy to Japan, for the United States ; and by Sho Fu Fing, superintendent of affairs 

 (Tsu-]i-kwan) in Lew Chew, and Ba Rio-si, treasurer of Lew Chew, at Shui, for the government 

 of Lew Chew; and copies exchanged this 11th day of July, 1854, or the reign Hien Fung, 4th 

 year, 6th moon, 17th day, at the town hall of Napha." 



As soon as this business was thus happily completed, a handsome entertainment, furnished by 

 the Lew Chew authorities, was served, of which the Americans partook, and great kindness and 

 cordiality characterized the festivities. At four o'clock the Commodore returned to his sliip. 

 On the next day, the 12th, there was sent off to the Commodore a large bell, as a present from 

 the regent ; whether of Lew Chew casting is not known, though the probability is it was made in 

 Japan, and, at any rate, it is no discreditable si^ecimen of foundry work. A little circumstance 

 that occurred on this last visit to Lew Chew was highly gratifying to the feeling with which 

 every American thinks of the character of Washington. Various 2)arts of the world, as is 

 ■known, have testified their appreciation of the exalted virtues of the father of our country, by 



