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both hands, with the hilt up^vards. 

 The Bunyo then drew a large 

 sheet of paper from his bosom 

 and holding it up said : " This 

 contains the orders of the Govern- 

 ment!"— The interpreters imme- 

 diately translated these words; 

 while the officers, however, sat 

 with their eyes cast down, as if 

 they had been deprived of all 

 animation. The Bunyo then un- 

 folded the paper, and read its 

 contents aloud. It was the docu- 

 ment, a copy of which has already 

 been given, stating that Chwos- 

 tofF's misconduct had been the 

 occasion of our imprisonment; 

 but tliat, as the Bunyo was 

 convinced that the said Chwos- 

 tofi had acted v.ithout tiie sanc- 

 tion of the Russian Government, 

 he was authorized to grant us 

 our liberty, and that we should 

 embark on the following day. 



The interpreters having trans- 

 lated this paper, and assured the 

 Bunyo that we understood it, one 

 of the senior officers Avas dis- 

 patched in company with Ku- 

 maddschero to communicate its 

 contents to the sailors. In the 

 meanwhile, tlie Bunyo produced 

 another paper which he likewise 

 read aloud, and afterwards de- 

 sired Teske to translate and to 

 hand it to me. It was a congra- 

 tulation from the Bunyo to the 

 following effect : — 



" You have now lived three 

 years in a Japane'se frontier town, 

 and in a foreign climate, but you 

 are now about to return to your 

 native country. This affords me 

 great pleasure. You, Captain 

 Golownin, as the chief of your 

 companions, must have endured 

 most anxiety of mind, and I sin- 

 cerely rejoice that you have 



attained your happy object. You 

 have, in some measure, become 

 acquainted with the laws of our 

 country, which proliibit us from 

 maintaining any commerce with 

 the people of foreign nations, and 

 require that we should drive all 

 foreign vessels from our coasts : 

 explain this to your countrymen 

 on your return home. It has 

 been our wish whilst you remained 

 in Japan to treat you with all 

 possible kindness ; but before you 

 became acquainted with our cus- 

 toms, our behaviour may have 

 appeared to you the very opposite 

 of what we intended. Each na- 

 tion lias its peculiar customs, but 

 good conduct will every where be 

 esteemed as such. On your 

 return to Russia, inform your 

 countrymen of this likewise. I 

 wish you all a safe voyage.'' 



We thanked the Bunyo for his 

 condescension. Having listened 

 to our acknowledgments, lie with- 

 drew, and we were requested to 

 return to our house. 



Throughout the whole of these 

 proceedings, not the slightest 

 indication of joy was observable 

 on Mr. Moor's countenance; he 

 merely repeated, that he was un- 

 wortiiy of the acts of kindness 

 which the Japanese conferred 

 upon him. 



On our return home a number 

 of officers, soldiers and other 

 individuals, came to wish us joj'. 

 The three officers next in rank to 

 the Bunyo also presented to me 

 a written congratulation, which 

 they requested I would preserve, 

 as a memorial of our friendship. 

 The following is a translation of 

 this paper: — 



" From the Ginmiyaks. 



'• You have ail lived for a long 



period 



