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INDEX 



Page. 

 Bastions, substitutes for in the fort of Nagaguska, 



Lew Chew. . _ - - 171 



Baths, public, Simoda - 405 



Battas, a tribe of the Malays, their dainty canni- 

 balism - - 130 



Batteries, Japanese, bay of Yedo - 343 



Beacon-fires, Japanese, bay of Uraga 236 



Beard, a full black, a distinctive mark of the Ja- 

 panese and Lew Chewans 315 



Beech tree, Peel island -- 210 



Beechey, Captain, names the Bonin islands 197 



his nomenclature of the islands 



disowned 190 



position of Port Lloyd in bis 



chart, erroneous- — 202 



account of the Lew Chewans 221 



Beggars, commutation with, Canton - 292 



Begging, mode of. Canton 293 



Belcher, Captain, account of the Lew Chewans — 221 

 Bell, a large, presented to Commodore Perry by the 



regent of Lew Chew 496 



Bellows, Napha, in blacksmith's shop 220 



Japanese - 456 



Bent, Lieutenant, his MS. journal iv 



pilots the expedition in Napha 



harbor- - 150 



survey of the bay of Uraga 238, 241 



conversation with Japanese re- 

 specting America - 4G4 



rebukes servility of "SamPatch" 486 

 commissioner of treaty with Lew 



Chew 495 



Bettelheim, Dr. , a missionary at Lew Chew 152 



visits Commodore Perry - 153 



remark on the old regent of Lew 



Chew 215 



believes Lew Chew a part of Ja- 

 pan -- 222 



remarks respecting education in 



Lew Chew 223 



history of, and of his missionary 



operations in Lew Chew 225 



a layman 225 



removal of 320 



leaves Lew Chew 498 



Lew Chew, official communication 



respecting 498 



Bing, Japanese rouge 395 



Birds, scarcity of, Lew Chew 175 



Bonin islands 203 



Bishop's bay, Macao 140 



Bittinger, Kev. Mr., visits Kauagawa, Japan 360 



his exchange of American for 



Japanese coin 360 



his kind treatment by the Ja- 

 panese - 360 



coins obtained by, returned.. 365 



Blacksmiths, Japanese 456 



Blacksmith's shop, Napha 220 



page. 



Blunt, Cape, near Hakodadi. 430 



Boar, wild, Lew Chew 182 



Peel island 206 



Board, supposed murder of, at Napha 492 



Boas of Ceylon 119 



Boatmen, Canton 294 



Boats, Japanese _ 450 



Bocca Tigris, Canton river 137 



Bonaparte, Napoleon, remark on war to Basil Hall. 318 

 Bonham, Sir George, conference with Commodore 



Perry respecting the Bonui islands 303 



Bonin islands 196, 197 



discovery of the, by the Japanese.. 197 

 advantages of establishing a naval 



station at the 212 



described 200 



sovereignty of the 213 



Captain Kelly's visit to the 282 



English claim to the 301 



Books in Japan 58, 59 



iuLew Chew, Chinese 224 



Japanese 463 



Borodino islands - 214 



Bosquette, M. , a writer on hurricanes. 113 



Boundaries, American, Simoda 477 



Hakodadi 478,481 



Boimdary of American intercourse in Japan 468 



Bourboulon, M. de, French minister to Canton 300,303 



Boyle, Lieutenant, assists the Macedonian, aground 



in the bay of Yedo. 327 



places a buoy on a rock, bay of 



Yedo 401 



visits Olason island 469 



report of a marine volcano near 



Formosa 500 



treatment of the Sillibaboos 503 



Brabant mountains, Mauritius 108 



Broom-corn, Lew Chew 173 



Broughton rocks, bay of Yedo 325 



Brown, Mr., daguerreotypist 154 



Buchanan, Commander, conducts regent of Lew 

 Chew over the Susque- 

 hanna 216 



interview with the gover- 

 nor of Uraga 237 



interview with governor 



of Uraga 244 



leads the escort of Com- 

 modore Perry 253 



first American who lands 



in Japan 254 



conversation with the gov 



ernor of Uraga 263 



Buddha, statues of, in grave-yard, Simoda 407 



Buddhism, extent of its influences 21 



in Ceylon 120 



Buddhist priest at a funeral, Japan 354 



temples, Simoda 406 



Offerings ....... 409 



