INDEX. 



XI 



Page. 



Maury, Lieut. Win. L., sailing directions, &c., by. 373 



Madeira, Island of 3 



Mauritius, Island of 9 



Matthews, Lieut. John, and boat's crew, lost in a 



typhoon 408 



Map of coal region 155 



Manila and Formosa 153 



Manners and customs of the Lew Chewans 48 



Manures used in China 105 



Mangosteen 11 



Merino rams, price of 6 



Mineral spring near Hakodadi 97 



water 92 



Mount Fuzi 81 



Morrow, Dr. James, report on agriculture 15 



Nautical remarks and sailing directions 373 



Napha, Lew Chew 15 



Nagagusco, castle of 50 



Native sheep, Cape of Good Hope 8 



Nutmeg tree 11 



Olason's Island, Volcano Bay 119 



Observations in relation to cyclones of the western 



Pacific 337 



Peel Island 128 



Perry, Com. M. C, instructions to Capt. Abbott 123, 127, 137 

 remarks on the extension of 

 American commerce in the 



east 174 



instructions to Lieut. Com. Boyle 117 

 remarks of, upon the probable 

 future commercial relations of 



Japan and Lew Chew 185 



concessions of the Japanese 185 



argamentsof the Japanese princes 186 



articles which they need 186 



attempt to introduce opium into 



Japan 187 



letters of, to second king of Siam 191, 192 

 second king of Siam 



to 192,193,408 



in reference to Siam.. 194 



to Mr. McLane 195 



to Secretary of the 



Navy 196 



Population of Lew Chew 36 



Port Melville, Lew Chew 60 



Preble, Lieut. George H., sailing directions for Ke- 



lung - 377 



Keports of Capt. Joel Abbot 123,128,137 



Chaplain Jones 153,156 



Lieut. Balch, respecting Bonin Islands.. 132 



Lieut. Commanding Boyle - 117 



Bedfield, Wm. C, cyclones of the western Pacific 337 



Keligion of the Lew Chewans -- 49 



Eice culture 18,28,84 



Sailing directions and nautical remarks — 



By officers of the U. S. Japan Expedition 373 



From Hong Kong to Lew Chew 373 



Napha, Lew Chew 374 



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 Sailing directions and nautical remarks — ■ ' 



Deep Bay 375 



Oonting or Port Melville 376 



Shah Bay 375 



Harbor of Kelung, Island of Formosa 377 



Coal harbor near Kelung 376 



From Lew Chew to the Bonin Islands 378 



Islands of Borodino 379 



Eosario or Disappointment Island 379 



PortLloyd 379 



Bailey or Coffin Islands, being the southern 



portion of the Bonin group 380 



SandonRock 381 



Island of Kikai 381 



Eedfield Eocks 381 



Broughton Bock 382 



Harbor of Simoda 383 



Southampton Eock 384 



Supply Eock.. 384 



Eegulations respecting pilots and the sup- 

 plying American vessels entering the port 



of Simoda 385 



Yedo Bay 386 



From the Gulf of Tedo to Cape Sirija-Saki, 

 at the eastern entrance of the Straits of 



Sangar 388 



Harbor of Hakodadi 388 



Volcano Bay and Endermo Harbor 390 



Mount Fuzi 391 



Winds and weather 391 



Currents 391 



Sago manufactories 11, 32 



Shells collected by the Japan Expedition 291 



Settlers of Peel Island 130 



Shanghai, city of 104 



Storehouses in Japan 87 



Stables in Japan 188 



Simoda, port of 91 



Singapore, agriculture of . 11 



Sugar mills 20,30 



culture, Mauritius .. 9 



Submarine volcano . 374 



Sweet potatoes 31 



Thermometrical and barometrical observations 93 



Timber and fuel, Lew Chew 35 



Tobacco 20,35 



Tara, cultivation of 17, 29 



Visit to Manila and Formosa, reports in relation to 137 



Vineyards, Cape of Good Hope, description of 7 



Vintage, 1852, Madeira, decrease of 3 



Variety of grape cultivated 6 



Volcano Bay, Island of Yesso 117 



Wheat, cultivation of 4,5,17,30 



Whiting, Lieut. Wm. B., nautical remarks. 375 



Wine-growing region, Madeira, soil of 3 



Wine manufacturing 8 



Women of Lew Chew 48 



Zoological collections of the Japan Expedition 213 



