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English by their young leader, they marched in front 

 of the carriage the whole way. Arrived at the hotel, I 

 tried to do my best in the way of entertainment, but 

 failing to secure ice cream, oranges, or sweetmeats, 

 I was obliged to send them away with nothing but 

 bananas and best wishes. 



The next two days were spent at Tokyo again, 

 largely in farewells. At the hotel we were visited by 

 many of our friends. Among them came Kumakichi 

 Aoki, the veteran collector for the Marine Station at 

 Misaki, who had been so very helpful in 1900. 

 During my stay Aoki had given me nearly two weeks 

 of active service, securing many specimens of value, 

 for all of which he was much averse to accepting the 

 payment upon which I insisted. As a souvenir he 

 then quaintly presented me with a diary of his 

 fishing trips in my interest, a booklet which, being 

 wholly in Japanese, I am unable to read. 



Three pleasant social affairs had meanwhile been Farewell 

 scheduled. At the luncheon and ** farewell recep- /"""''"'"^ 

 tion" given by the Peace Society, I made my last 

 address. In the evening followed a dinner arranged 

 for us by Baron Shibusawa at the Imperial Hotel. 

 As usual the guests were all interesting people, most 

 of whom have been previously mentioned. But the 

 table was further honored by the presence of the 

 late Henry Willard Denison, a scholarly, self-effacing Denison 

 American gentleman of great wisdom and efficiency, 

 for thirty-three years legal adviser to the Japanese 

 government. 



Here, as on previous occasions, many references 

 were made to Japan's sincere appreciation of the 

 helping hand extended by America in the early diffi- 



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