2 YESSO. 



finding a market in China. The former is much relied 

 on by the Chinese as a medicine capable of curing all 

 ailments ; the latter as food. I have often used it as 

 a substitute for jelly, and although it certainly requires 

 a good deal of flavouring, with this addition it is ex- 

 ceedingly nice. 



I reached Hakodadi towards the latter end of April, 

 and winter was then only breaking up. The hills ..were 

 white, and snow still lay about in great patches on the 

 plains. Wild geese were plentiful, but only as passers- 

 by, wending their way north ; some of the white- fronted 

 I killed were in excellent condition. On the 3d of May 

 the snow had disappeared very much. Bulbous plants 

 and wild vetches were shooting, and large arums and 

 other succulent plants showed their fresh green leaves 

 in every damp corner. The house-martins were busy 

 at their old nests in the Japanese houses, and numerous 

 other birds were pairing. 



Two days afterwards I left for the eastward, reach- 

 ing Cape Yerimo, a remarkable rocky point, the follow- 

 ing morning. On the large boulders and smooth rocks 

 which jut out from the cape half a mile into the sea, 

 was a colony of sea-lions. Never before, I suppose, 

 had these great beasts been visited by man; and as 

 I pulled in amongst them, the big bulls kept up a 

 continual roar of indignation ; otherwise they appeared 



