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not an unimportant matter, since it depends upon tlie dignity or 

 meanness of the country. This, therefore, was to call the atten- 

 tion and command the respect of every ship in the harbor. If 

 the morning-sun flag goes to any part of the five continents the 

 same is done. How gratifying and pleasant is this. When our 

 ship left Malta, several of the soldiers sent from England to gar- 

 rison that island, their time being up, were relieved from their 

 duties and took passage on the ship to return to their country, 

 bringing with them their families, including their wives and male 

 and female children. Last night a little girl of the age of two 

 years died, and this morning at ten o'clock the body was wrapped 

 in cloth and brought to the stairs of the ship, where preparations 

 were made to bury it in the water. The captain performed the 

 duties of priest, put on his complimentary clothes and sword, and 

 taking off his hat uncovered his head while he read the prayers. 

 The officers, about fifteen in number, took off their hats also and 

 prayed. A cannon-shot was fastened to the corpse and it was 

 then buried in the sea, while all the spectators made sour noses." 



In mentioning the bill of fare, he alludes to ham as " hotui," 

 literally, " fire thigh." 



On arriving at Ceylon notice of the arrival was published in 

 the newspapers there, and is alluded to by him as follows : 



" This morning the master of the hotel sent us the newspaper 

 which was published the day before. In it our countrymen's 

 journeys to the "Western countries, our entrance into port the day 

 before, and arrival on shore the day before was written. This is 

 entirely done to make money by, and for no other purpose, and 

 as by chronicles of the talk of the town it is only light and flimsy 

 and not to be relied upon, but the quickness of its appearance was 

 astonishing." 



While in Paris there is an entry as follows : 



" To-day met the physician to the King of Holland at the 

 hotel. He is rather more than fifty years old ; he has read Chi* 

 nese books, and also understands some Japanese ; so we commu- 

 nicated with him by writing and also conversed a Httle, and, al- 

 though it was like scratching an itching place through one's shocj 

 yet it afforded some little pleasure to the heart of the trav- 

 eUer." 



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