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AN EXAMINATION OF VOLCANO BAY 



BY LIEUT. COMD'G JUNIUS J. BOYLE, U. S. N. 



Instructions of Commodore Perry to Lieutenant Commanding Junius Boyle. 



U. S. Flag-ship Powhatan, 



Hakodadi, Japan, May 24, 1854. 

 Sir: When the wind and weather permit, you will proceed with the U. S. store-ship South- 

 ampton, under your command, to Volcano bay, and there employ yourself and all under your 

 command in making as perfect a survey of the port as time and circumstances will allow, being 

 careful to collect such specimens of fishes, shells, birds, plants, minerals, &c, as it may be 

 practicable to obtain during the time you may be there. 



During your stay in the bay you will endeavor to conciliate the kind feelings of the people, 

 and it will be expected that you give some account of their appearance, habits, manners, &c. 

 Determine the positions of the prominent head-lands ; note the time of tides, their set and 

 velocity, and vertical rise and fall. 



You will leave Volcano bay, weather permitting, on Thursday next, the 1st of June, and pro- 

 ceed thence to Simoda, there to resume your former anchorage. In your passage hence, and 

 all the way to Simoda, you will make such observations with respect to the appearance and 

 navigation of the coast as opportunities may allow. 



I send you a tracing copy of Broughton's chart of Endermo harbor ; but it is better not to 

 trust to the chart of the vicinity, or, indeed, to any of the charts of the coasts and harbors of 

 Japan, as they must necessarily be imperfect. 

 Wishing you a pleasant passage, I am, sir, your obedient servant, 



M. C. PERRY, 

 Commander-in-chief, &c, &c. 

 Lieutenant Commanding J. J. Boyle, 



Commanding U. 8. Store-ship Southampton, Hakodadi, Japan. 



Report of Lieutenant Commanding Boyle to Commodore Perry. 



IT. S. Store-ship Southampton, 

 Harbor of Simoda, Japan, June 12, 1854. 



Sir: Having sailed in obedience to your order of the 24th of May, we arrived off the southern 

 promontory of Volcano bay at 5 p.m., when it fell calm, and continued so until midnight ; the 

 roar of breakers being very loud; the nearest land, distant three miles; depth of water, 33 



