33d Congress, > SENATE. c Ex. Doc. 



2d Session. \ ) N . 79. 



NARRATIVE 



OF 



THE EXPEDITION OF AN AMERICAN SQUADRON 



TO 



THE CHINA SEAS AND JAPAN, 



PERFORMEDIN THE YEARS 1852, 1853, and 1854, 



UNDER THE COMMAND OF 



COMMODORE M. C. PERRY, UNITED STATES NAVY, 



HY 



ORDER OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES. 



pHSO/^ 



VOLUME II — WITH ILLUSTRATIONS. 



JL/8RARV&? 



WASHINGTON: 



BEVERLEY TUCKER, SENATE PRINTER. 

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