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This ocean oujjht to be called the "Furific" Ocean or the 

 " Terrific" Ocean, for I assure you that it has motion enough to 

 bring the dead to life. In proof of this I will say that on the 

 ship in which we sailed there were in the steerage many China- 

 men. The boat's company had taken a contract to land these 

 men, cither living or dead, in their native land. Two of them 

 died on the passage over, and were embalmed and placed in 

 boxes. But one night we had a gale and there was so much 

 motion in the ship that one of these Celestials bounced out of 

 his box and went rolling around the room, thus proving that 

 there is enough motion in this Pacific Ocean to bring the dead 

 back to life. Another case occurred upon another boat where a 

 missionary and his bride were going out to China. There came 

 up a terrible storm and at one time the waves were so high and 

 the winds blew so strongly that the upper cabin was carried 

 away. This couple were sitting in the dining-hall. As the 

 upper part of the dining-hall was swept away the young man 

 was swept along, too, separated from his newly-wedded wife and 

 carried out toward the ocean. He went just to the rail and 

 there balanced. It was hard telling whether he would go farther 

 or come back, but the motion had reached its climax and he came 

 back to his wife. So you see that a man who was practically 

 the same as dead, was brought back to life. If you cross the 

 Pacific you will find that this body of water is indeed terrific in 

 the amount of its movement. 



As we pass over this ocean we have almost no companions on 

 the sea. During our long voyage of twenty-one days we saw 

 nothing that had life except the albatrosses. Not even a whale 

 was visiiile, and it became rather monotonous. Still we had a 

 good company on board, and after many days we finally came to 

 this land that I am to speak of this afternoon. This empire, as 

 it is called, of Japan is a very long land, but is made up of very 

 small islands, five principal and four hundred smaller ones. 

 The empire extends between latitudes which correspond on our 

 side of the globe to those of Newfoundland on the north and 

 Cuba on the south. The land is in shape very much like a 

 snake, as you will see by the map. It has a population of 



