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INDEX, 



lyeyas, bis letter to the King of England 



Jamestown, St. Helena - - 



anchorage at 



Jamieson, commander of the English ship Bom- 

 bay 



Japan, derivation of the name. -- 



its extent. 



diraious 



ohjects of curiosity relative to.. - 



writers on -. 



physical aspect of - 



rivers of 



roads .- 



bridges - 



canals 



climate 



colonized by the Chinese 



duplicate sovereignty of. - - 



its political subdivisions 



its Council of State -- 



its governor of the Empire 



introduction of Christianity into 



visited by Pinto 



Portuguese intercourse with 



missions 



letter of Emperor of, to the King of Eng- 

 land 



progress of industrial arts in, as workers in 



metal work - 



silver, copper, quicksilver, lead, tin, iron, 

 coal, sulphur, precious stones, pearls, 



found in 



Russian expedition to, in 1853. .- 



Admiral Sterling concludes a treaty with., 

 treaty between and other nations, pi oposed 



by the Dutch 



supposed laws regiilating etiquette on the 



death of an emperor 



an American sailor captive in 



coal abundant in 



polygamy unkno\vn in _ 



Japanese people, origin of 



language not understood by the Chinese. 



alphabet or syllabarium - 



dialects 



construction of language 



pronunciation 



Kcempfer's theory of their origin 



language, its analogies with other lan- 

 guages 



color of the 



of rank resemble Europeans in color 



resemblance to the Tartar family 



their claims to antiquity as a nation 



hereditary rank among the 



priests, rank of ; merchants ; peasantry ; 



leather manufacturers; executioners.. 



government secretaries ; official espionage 



among the 



Pnge. 

 35 

 92 

 95 



503 

 6 



7 

 7 

 3 



4 



7 

 7 

 8 



11 



15 

 15 

 15 

 22 

 22 

 24 

 24 



35 



50 



60 

 62 

 63 



65 



323 



340 



341 



397 



8 



8 



9 



9 



9 



9 



9 



10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 11 

 13 



M 

 15 



Page. 

 Japanese, discmbowelment ; reason of their un- 

 changeable customs ; interdiction of ui- 

 tercourse with Europeans ; falsehood 

 among officials a result of their system ; 

 not common to the people in general.. 17 



severity of their laws ; mode of trial ; 



cage ; prisons 18 



religion, known as Sintoo ; difliculty of 



obtaining information respecting 19 



liberal in their religious views ; number 

 of sects among ; refusal to banish Jes- 

 uits and monks- 21 



proclamation expelling tlie Portuguese .. 26 



their reception of the Dutch 28 



extirpate thenativeChristians 31 



officials dealing with the Dutch required 



to trample on the cross _ 33 



intercourse with the English ; license to 



East India Company 34 



intercourse with Russia. 44 



refuse to take back their sailors ship- 

 wrecked on the Russian coast 45 



decline the overtures of Resanoif 48 



officials, conversation with the leaders of 

 the English expedition to that country 



in 1673. 37 



refuse intercourse with the English 39 



imprison Golownin ; intercourse with the 

 United States ; refuse to take back their 

 sailors shipwrecked on the United States 



coast 47 



treatment of the ships Morrison, Vin- 

 cennes, and Preble ; refuse trade with 

 any nation but Holland ; imprison Uni- 

 ted States seamen 48 



tabular view of the attempts at inter- 

 course with the 49 



their skill in lacquered wood-work and 



carving. 50 



manufacture of glass, porcelain, paper- 

 woven fabrics, and leather ; shoes of 



straw 51 



agriculture; livestock 62 



horticulture ; dwarfed trees 53 



marine navigation ; vessels ; compass 53 



their scientific knowledge ; clock 54 



ingenuity ; mermaids 55 



knowledge of medicine ; post mortem exam- 

 ination not permitted 56 



medical works 56 



Dozia 57 



their astronomical knowledge 57 



similar to that of the Muiscas, of Bogota. . 58 



colleges ; schools 58 



books, music, drawing, painting, wood- 

 engraving, bas-reliefs, architecture ; sy- 



alifdo, or enamel 59 



cedars - 61 



camphor tree 61 



