524 



INDEX. 



Japanese neatness -- - 3G8 



wrestlers -- 3{i9 



interest in tlie American railroad and tel- 

 egraph ; presents to the United States 



placed in the store-ship Supply 372 



use of paper ; officials, conviviality of, at 



the dinner given by Commodore Perry. 375 

 oflScials carry away fragments of a feast ; 

 officials' appreciation of negro min- 

 strelsy - - 370 



entertainment in honor of the treaty ; 



dinners imsubstantial 380 



commissioners, notes of their conferences 



with Commodore Perry 383 



rmlike the Chinese 385 



qualifications of the treaty 386 



jealousy of foreigners 386 



treaty with Eussia. 387 



treaty with England - 387, 388 



treaty with the Dutch 389 



curiosity respecting American women ; 

 treatment of Americans and Russians at 



Simoda 390 



proclamation to the Americans at Si- 

 moda 391 



tooth dye ; women -. 395 



women rouge their lips 395 



women work in the fields ; dress ; liaby ; 

 common people ; com'tesy of the com- 

 mon people 39C 



women good looking 397 



women, social position of. 397 



policy towards the expedition 398 



stone dressing, boat building yards 400 



buildings unpainted 410 



inclined to intercourse with the members 

 of the expedition, restrained by their 



officials.. 418 



scholars, two, request to sail with the ex- 

 pedition 420 



confined in a cage 422 



official inspection of a corpse 425 



officials' insult to American officers 425 



apology for. 426 



boat, Hakodadi. 433 



vessels. Commodore Perry's account of.. 418 



navigation 449 



boats, sculling, rowing, ship models, tools, 



war junks, fisheries 450 



ideas of the fox, of demoniacal influence. 451 



cabinets d'aisance, public; cattle, horses, 



roads, sedans 452 



drainage 453 



dexterity in the mechanical arts, curi- 

 osity respecting, neat workmanship 455 



houses, carpentry, masonry, stone cut- 

 ting, coopers' barrels, steel, swords, 

 cutlery, razors, blacksmiths' bel- 

 lows 458 



Page. 

 Japanese cotton fabrics, silks, lacquered ware, por- 

 celain 458 



art 459 



spectacles, dra\vings 4(;2 



drawings of steam-engine 4G2 



screen painter. 4C2 



primer 4C2 



sculpture - 4(J3 



architecture, boolvs, knowledge of Euro- 

 pean periodicals 4G3 



of America 404 



curiosity _ 404 



chess cards - 405 



game of Loto 406 



official imiform 409 



respect to the dead 4G9 



officials, their interest in" the armament 



of the expedition 471 



embassy respecting boundaries at Hako- 

 dadi, official communication 473 



respect for tliedead 476 



currencies, exchange of. 478 



commission, Simoda 477 



knowledge of European affairs. 478 



coal 481 



mining 483 



pretend to be ignorant of coal 483 



prices, accounts 484 



dogs sent to the President of the United 



States.. 485 



in the United States 480,497 



capital punishments 487 



treaty with Russia ; shipwrecked seamen ; 



energy 511 



friendliness to Americans ; anxious for 

 trade ; for English books ; seud away 



religous tracts 512 



technicalities respecting ratifications 513 



(See Hakodadi and Simoda.) 

 Jesuits endeavor to destroy the Dutch visitors to 



Japan 23 



Jewels in Japan CO 



Johnson, Charles, visits the Boniu islands 200 



an early settler of the Bonin 



islands 305 



Jones, Lieut. , report of volcanic phenomena at sea. 501 



Jones, Rev. Mr. , his MS. journal iv 



observations of the zodiacal lights. - 91 



zodiacal observations .'. 132 



sketches a plan of the fortress of 



Nagaguska 170 



report ou geology of Lew Chew 184 



conducts an exploration of tlie in- 

 terior of Lew Chew 311 



reads the burial service in Japan . . 354 

 views on the introduction of Chris- 

 tianity into Japan 446 



observations on Japanese paint- 

 ings *G2 



