

CHAPTEE XIII. 



EXTKACTS FROM JOURNAL. 



January \st, 1875, at Kobe. — A lovely, bright morn- 

 ing ; numbers of seagulls busily picking up what they 

 can find floating astern. They look like flakes of white 

 snow, as they hover about close to ; both the herring- 

 gull and black-headed are here. The sun is not yet 

 over the horizon, 7 A.M., thermometer 36°. 



UJi. — How these people keep up the New Year! 

 The streets were full yesterday of men, women, and 

 children, but by far the greater part were girls, dressed 

 in their best, painted and powdered to a great extent. 



