30 YESSO. 



According to them, a woman reached the earth from 

 above, and wandered about alone for a very long time, 

 meeting or seeing no living thing. At last, however, 

 far away in the mountains, she met a strange creature 

 in the shape of a dog, the result of which meeting is 

 the Aino race. I have now said enough of these 

 interesting people. Are they Mongolian ? If they 

 are, they have none of the characteristics of that race ; 

 and if they are not Mongolian, then they are something 

 like a strange drop of oil in the ocean, being surrounded 

 by Mongols, yet not of them. 



The good feeling and kindness of the Japanese is 

 well illustrated by the following narrative : — 



The British brig Eliza Carry left Hakodadi on the 

 9th of January 1871, but, owing to adverse winds, had 

 to anchor under the lee of a point of land until the 

 1 6th, on which day she again got away with a fair wind. 

 This, however, was only of short duration, for a strong 

 south-west gale sprang up, soon veering round to the 

 north-west, from which quarter it blew with great 

 violence for three days. The vessel must then have 

 sprung a leak, as she settled in the water, and became 

 unmanageable. The sea now swept over her, and 

 hourly her state became worse. The captain endea- 

 voured to weather Cape Gamaley, and reach once more 



