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ment box, ■which was on the ground about five yards 

 off; finding nothing of much interest within, they then 

 walked a little nearer and watched me most attentively. 

 They were perfectly fearless ; coolly walking up to my 

 men, who were lying about on the grass, and looked 

 into their faces, much to Jack's amusement. 



A heron has appeared, and a kingfisher (Alcedo 

 ispida). What a widely distributed bird this is ! I feel 

 sure that the eagle about here is different from the 

 Yesso bird. They are now breeding, and have the 

 white tail only; I take it, therefore, they are mature 

 birds. The Yesso bird I never saw breeding without 

 both white head and tail. This Korean bird closely 

 resembles our fishing eagle, A. alhicilla. 



2A:th. — Crichton harbour. What a grand safe har- 

 bour, sufficient to hold the fleets of the world ! Here 

 is a place for advancing Eussia to take possession of ; 

 being well off the mainland would add in some respects 

 to its value. The islands which form this excellent 

 harbour seem to have few inhabitants on them. 



2^th. — Put into Kama Ura, in Nakadori Island, one 

 of the Goto group. Shot five pheasants. 



October 1st. — Tried an island five miles off for deer ; 

 bagged two. I missed a stag in a most unaccountable way. 



^th. — Thermometer as low as 59°. The rice is being 



