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Abbott, Captain, mLsled by Von Siebold's charts.. 326 



inquii-ies at Formosa 499 



report of squalls near Formosa. . 500 



Abbey Point, Lew Chew 152, 195 



Adams, William, pilot of the Diictb fleet, his ac- 

 count of his visit to Japan 27 



his letters sent to England 34 



Adams, Commander, his MS. journal iv 



interview with the governor 



of Uraga 237 



interview with the governor 



of Uraga 244 



interview with the mayor of 



Napha 276 



conversation with Japanese of- 

 ficials respecting the death 



of the Emperor 331 



discussion respecting Uraga . 332 

 interview with the Japanese 



officials at Uraga 333. 



conversation witli Yezaiman. 341 

 conferences with Japanese 



officials 355,356 



delivers American presents to 



the Japanese 372 



bearer of the treaty to the 



United States 393 



arrives home 609 



returns with the ratified trea- 

 ty to Simoda 609 



his numerous visitors at Si- 

 moda . 512 



leaves Simoda 513 



Admiral, title of used for that of commodore, in 



treating with the Japanese 246 



Agriculture of the Japanese, their grains 52 



tea 52 



Advanced state of Lew Chew 220 



Agriculturist, his share in the products of tlie land 220, 22C 



Ainos, Yesso 454,469 



Alexander the Great, fleet of, visits Ceylon 116 



Althea, Lew Chew 168 



Amahs, Chinese nurses 291 



Amakirima islands, near Lew Chew. 274 



Amaral, Portuguese governor, Macao plot against. 301 



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America, Japanese [knowledge of 464 



American commercial houses, high character of 



among the Chinese 136 



merchants at Shanghai claim protection. 148 



anchorage, the bay of Uraga. 265 



anchorage, b,ay of Yedo 328 



merchants at Hong Kong, application of 



the to Commodore Perry 287 



sailor captive in Japan 340 



ships, intercourse of, with Japan 351 



limits in Japan 385, 387 



ships in Japan, supplies for 385 



intercourse with the Japanese 474 



intercourse with Japan, treaty regula- 

 tions respecting 479 



Americans shipwreclied at Formosa 498, 499 



Amphitheatre, Japanese drawing of an. 461 



Anatomical drawing, Japanese 462 



Antidote for poison in use in the Indian seas 119 



Arch, peculiar, at Nagaguska, Lew Chew 171 



Architecture, Japanese 463 



Areca tree, Bonin Islands. 198 



Argonaut, visit of the ship, to Japan 39 



Anns of Izawa, emblazoned _ 344 



Arrack tree, Bonin islands 198 



Art, Japanese 459 



Arts of design in Japan 59 



Arzobispo, a name given to the Bonin islands 200 



Astronomical knowledge of the Japanese 57 



Awa, province of Japan 232 



capes of - 427 



Ayahs, Chinese nurses 291 



Baby, Japanese 396 



Bache, Professor, charts of the coast survey 429 



Baggass, or crushed sugar-cane 314 



Bailey islands 197,199, 283 



Ballastier, Mr., visit to Siam 121 



Rimboo range of mountains, Mauritus 108 



Bamboo, Lew Chew 312 



fences. Lew Cliew 178 



Banner Rock, Lew Chew 168 



Banyan, Lew Chew 175,312 



Barometrical observations in the Indian ocean 104 



Barrels, Hakodadi 456 



Barrow's bay, Lew Chew 165,167,173,176 



