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Eussian temporary possession of the Bonin islands 200 



ambassador, application of the .- 350 



expedition to Nagasaki -- 365 



treat}' with Japan similar to the American 388 



expedition at Simoda - 511 



Eussians, intercourse of the, with Japan 4 



Saboroske, impertinent curiosity of, on board the 



Susquehanna - - 264 



Saddles islands, near Shanghai 149 



Sagami, cape - 231 



shores of — - 232 



Sago palm. Peel island - 204 



Sail-boats, Lew Chew - 1T9 



Sailing directions for Simoda -- 416 



Sailing-fish of Singapore 131 



observations 229,272 



Sailor epitaph, Japan - 47 6 



Sailors of the expedition, misconduct of three of, 



at Lew Chew - - 493 



Sakee - - - 191 



Sakee, Lew Chew - - 317 



Saki, LewChew - 219 



Saki -.---- - 380,396 



Saltness of sea- water, Lew Chew 175 



Salute, Chinese, three guns. -^ 147 



" Sam Patch," a Japanese - - 340,450 



before the Japanese officials 342 



the Japanese 485 



Samuns, the, teachers in Lew Chew 224 



Sandwich islands, expedition to the Bonin islands 



from - 200 



islanders on the Bonin islands 204 



Sangar, straits of, fogs about 429 



strait of, navigation of - 430 



San Kolp Tsoir Ran To Sits, a Japanese writer, ac- 

 count of the Bonin islands 198 



Santa Mesa, Philippine islands, murder of an Ame- 

 rican at-- - 501 



Saris, John, an English sea captain, visits Japan.. 34 



has an interview with the Emperor . . 34 



his visit to Japan in 1613 369 



Satskai, the rainy season of Japan - 8 



Satsuma, prince of Lew Chew, a dependency of — 151 



Japanese prince of, his revenue - 325 



Savory, Nathaniel, an American resident at the Bo- 

 nin islands - 200 



robbed by sailors under the Ame- 

 rican flag - 200 



an early settler of the Bonin isl- 

 ands - .- 305 



Sayka-Sinka, founder of Buddhism 21 



Scientific knowledge of the Japanese 54 



men, not of the navy, applications of to 



join the expedition declined 78 



Scott, Mr., his intercourse with the LewChewans.. 194 

 Screens of cloth set up as mock fortifications by 



the Japanese 237 



of painted cloth, Japanese 252, 265 



of cloth, Japanese 336 



rage. 



Scribe, Japanese. - 347 



Sculling, Japanese - 450 



Sculls and oars 336 



Sculpture, Japanese 463 



Simoda 407, 409, 410, 411 



Scurvy in Yesso 454 



Sea-weeds of the Kurosiwa 429 



Sedan chair of Commodore Perry 188 



at LewChew 279 



Sedgewick, Mr., a writer on hurricanes 113 



Sennimar, founder of a fraternity of the Japanese 



clergy 20 



Serofama, Cape _ - 427 



Serpents of Ceylon -. 119 



Shah bay, Lew Chew, coal at 311 



Shanghai, visit to 146 



Commodore Perry on commercial im- 

 portance of 212 



Shang Hung Hiun, new regent of Lew Chew. .215, 217, 218 



regent of Lew Chew 279 



Shang Ta-mu, regent of Lew Chew, letter of, to 



Commodore Perry 159 



Sharks taken by dogs, Bonin islands ^ 202 



Sheude, capital of Lew Chew ^ 163 



Shiomio-zhi, a Buddhist temple, Hakodadi 443 



Ship-yards, Hakodadi 457 



Shipwrecked sailors, American, in Japan 382 



Shira-hama, Simoda 411 



Shirasawaki, near Hakodadi 448 



Shoes, Japanese, of straw 51 



Sho-Ho-Ye, or Chess 465 



Shops, Simoda _ 404 



Shrines, Simoda 404 



of temples, Simoda 406 



roadside, Hakodadi, frequent genuflexions 



at 445 



Shrubs, new varieties of. Lew Chew 167 



Shui, a " LTniversity" at 223 



Shunteen dynasty rulers of Lew Chew 221 



Shutters, Simoda 404 



Siamese naval commander visits Com. Perry 120 



Sida, or Indian gooseberry. Peel island 205 



Siebold, a writer on Japan 4,7 



his comparison of the language of Japan 



with that of the adjacent shores 10 



remarks on the Siktoo worship 19, 20 



remarks on Japanese teas 52 



his opinion of the Japanese expedition .. 61 



story of his banishment from Japan 69 



desirous of joining the Japanese expedition 70 



his pamphlet. 70 



letter to an officer of the Japan expedi- 

 tion. 71 



remark on Gutzlafl" and Forcade, mission- 

 aries 72 



account of Oho-sima, or Tatao 229 



inaccuracy of his map of the bay of Tedo. 326 



account of whale-ships, Japan 451 



on Japanese mining 483 



