CONTENTS OF VOLUME II. 



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 Agricultural notices and observations of Madeira, the Cape of Good Hope, Mauritius, &c, by D. S. Green, Surgeon 



United States Navy 3 



Observations on the Agriculture of Lew Chew, by J. Morrow, M. D- 15 



Report on the Medical Topography and Agriculture of Great Lew Chew, by D. S. Green, Surgeon United States Navy 23 



Report on the Botany, Ethnography, &c, of Lew Chew, by Charles F. Fahs, Assistant Surgeon United States Navy. 41 



Report of a Geological Exploration of Lew Chew, by Rev. George Jones, Chaplain United States Navy 53 



Report of an Exploration of Great Lew Chew, by Rev. George Jones, Chaplain United States Navy 59 



Report of an Exploration of Peel Island, by Bayard Taylor, Esq 67 



Report of an Exploration of Peel Island, by C. F. Fahs, Assistant Surgeon United States Navy 75 



Report upon the Agriculture of Japan, by Daniel S. Green, Surgeon United States Navy 81 



Report upon the Medical Topography of Japan, by Daniel S. Green, Surgeon United States Navy 91 



Description of a Mineral Spring near Hakodadi, by Rev. George Jones, Chaplain United States Navy 97 



Report upon the Agriculture of China, by Daniel S. Green, Surgeon United States Navy. 101 



Paper upon the Agriculture of China, by G. R. West, Esq - Ill 



Report of an Examination of Volcano Bay, by Lieutenant Commanding Junius J. Boyle, United States Navy 117 



Report, by Captain Joel Abbot, United States Navy .. 123 



Report of a visit to the Bonin group of Islands, by Captain Joel Abbot, United States Navy 127 



Report of Lieutenant Balch to Commander Kelly, respecting the Bonin Islands 132 



Instructions and reports in relation to the island of Formosa and Manila 137 



Reports on the coal regions of the island of Formosa, by Rev. George Jones, Chaplain United States Navy 153 



Comparative analysis of Cumberland, Formosa, and Japan coal, by Dr. B. F. Bache, United States Navy 167 



Remarks of Commodore Perry upon the expediency of extending further encouragement to American commerce in 



the East 173 



Remarks of Commodore Perry upon the probable future commercial relations with Japan and Lew Chew . 185 



Correspondence in reference to Siam 191 



Letter of Captain H. A. Adams to Commodore Perry, communicating the particulars of the ratification of the treaty 



of Ka-na-ga- wa . 201 



Introductory note to papers on Natural History 213 



Description of the birds collected in Japan, &c, by John Cassln, Esq., of Philadelphia . 219 



Manner of hatching ducks in China, by Dr. Joseph Wilson, United States Navy 251 



Notes on figures of Japanese fish, by James Carson Brevoort, of New York. 255 



Shells collected by the United States Japan Expedition, by John C. Jay, of New York 291 



Correspondence in relation to botanical specimens 299 



Descriptions of the botanical specimens, by Professor Asa Gray, of Cambridge, Massachusetts 305 



Observations in relation to the Cyclones of the Pacific, by William C. Redfield, of New York 337 



Report made to Commodore M. C. Perry upon the Kuro-Siwo, or Gulf Stream of the North Pacific Ocean, by Lieut. 



Silas Bent, United States Navy 363 



Sailing directions and nautical remarks by officers of the late United States Naval Expedition to Japan. 373 



Appendix.. _._ 393 



Journal of a second visit of Commodore Perry to Japan, by a native of China 395 



General Order, No. 1 .- 407 



General Order, No. 2 407 



Letter of the Second King of Siam to Commodore Perry 408 



Account of the loss of Lieutenant John Matthews and boat's crew of the United States ship Plymouth 408 



List of officers of the United States Japan Expedition 410 



Fac-simile of Japanese version of treaty of Ka-na-ga- wa i 



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English version of treaty of Ka-na-ga- wa 1 



