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The jealousy of the Japanese with respect to 

 foreigners frequenting their country is very 

 great. If the Americans walked out, they were 

 always preceded and followed by some of the 

 natives, and reports made to the authorities of 

 all they did. Even the shopkeepers were de- 

 barred from selling their wares to the strangers. 

 No native, under any pretence whatever, is 

 allowed to leave the country. 



There is no public market in many of the 

 towns, as neither beef, pork, nor mutton are 

 eaten, and very little poultry. Vegetables, and 

 a preparation made of beans and rice-flour, which 

 has the consistency and appearance of cheese, 

 are hawked about the streets, and form a con- 

 siderable portion of the food of the people. 

 The shopkeepers have always a fixed price for 

 their goods, and any attempt to beat them down 

 is useless. 



The Japanese showed much respect for the 

 graves of those foreigners who died on board 

 ship and were buried on the land, on a portion 

 of ground granted for that purpose by the Japan- 

 ese authorities. Of their own accord they 

 placed fences round the graves to protect them. 

 Not only so, but one of the crew having com- 



