JAPANESE WRECKS, 



STRANDED AND PICKED UP ADRIFT 



IN THE 



NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN, 



ETHNOLOGICALLY CONSIDERED, 



AS 



Fian-iish.in.g Evidence of a constant infusion, of ?Japan.ese 



lilood among the (Joast 1'ribes of Northwestern 



Indians. 



CHARLES WOLCOTT BROOKS, 



Member of the California Academy of Sciences; Ex-Consul of Japan for California 

 and Attach^ of the Japanese Embassy to fifteen Treaty Powers, 1871-72-73. 



Read before the California Academy of Sciences, at their Meeting, 

 March 1st, 1875. 



SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA: 

 Printed by the Academy. 



187C. 



