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junk-building yard, we came on another large town 

 upon the left, called Simono-saki, with line temples 

 behind it embosomed in Avood. In front there was 

 an excellent stone sea-Avail, Avith convenient piers, 

 Avhich might put Hong-Kong to shame, Avith large 

 junks lying alongside of them. The Avhole town 

 seemed to have turned out to gaze at us, and the 

 wonder-struck crews of the native vessels raised their 

 arms to us by Avay of salutation. Large as the toAvn 

 Avas, one cannot go a day's sail up the Avaters in the 

 neighbourhood of Canton Avithout meeting half-a- 

 dozen of the same si/e, or CA'en larger. Japan by no 

 means struck me as being so thickly populated as 

 China ; and I should think I)r AVilliams's estimate of 

 about twenty millions of people to be probably near 

 the truth. 



After leaving Simono-saki, the passage began to 

 open up into a Avide loch, Avith lower, but still pic- 

 turesque, hills on either side. It reminded me 

 strongly of Lake \Vindermcre, but had quite a num- 

 ber of beautiful Avooded islets. Then it Avas that the 

 SUAVO Xada opened before us, and the mountains 

 became dim in the distance, Avhilc a fresh cool bree/e 

 milled its inland Avaters, Avhich had then scarcely 

 been vexed by any foreign keels. It Avas something 

 to get into Avhat, by a certain stretch of phraseology, 

 might be. called "a new sea"; but I believe AVC Avent 

 down -stairs to discuss Shangliac foAvls and drink 

 claret-and-Avater. 



