xii CONTENTS. 



Butterflies— The Crab at last— Octopus— Teredo— Channels 

 leading from the Inland Sea— The Naruta — Difficult Naviga- 

 tion— "You never went so fast in a Ship before'' — The 

 Captain of the Mail Steamer— " The ' Eecommendation ' 

 removed" — Deer and Ponies — Awadji Island — Plants and 

 Fungi — Soza-Sima, the largest island — A favourite place 

 for Deer-stalking— The French Gun-boat—" Gros Monkeys " 

 — Seldom molested — Japanese Beaters — A good Stag — A 

 miss—" Such things will happen " — Effects of Slug — An 

 Afternoon Stalk — Deer going down stream — Dog and Deer 

 — A good Head — Inland Sea in May — Harvesting Operations 

 — Flowers and Trees — A slice of hill swept away by water 

 — The Bingo Nada — An Island Deer-Preserve cleared — Hime 

 Sima — Straits of Simonosaki — Obliging our Neighbour — Our 

 Squadron in the Straits — The Street of Simonosaki — Gardens 

 — Houses — Candlemaking — Trade^Rice cultivation — Snakes 

 and Progs — Hirado — A cover for Deer — A grand sight 



Pages 37-63 



CHAPTER III. 



CURRENTS AND TYPHOONS. 



The " Kuro Siwo " or Black Stream— Course of the Warm Currents 

 — Climate of South-East Nipon — In the North — Erratic 

 movements of " Kuro Siwo " — Its effects upon Navigation 

 before Lighthouses were erected — Excellence of the Light- 

 house Department — The cold Current— Its Course — Colour 

 and Temperature — Meeting of the cold and warm Currents 

 —Missing the port— Where could the place be ?— A Dilemma 

 — A chase, and capture of a Pilot — Forty miles south of our 

 Reckoning — Now easily accounted for— The Cold Current 

 rich in animal life— Probable bifurcation of the Great Arctic 

 Current— A pleasant change from the Mackau Group— From 



