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KANAGAWA. 
CHAPTER III. 
Town of Kanagawa — The Imperial highway — Travellers upon it — 
Princes — Pack-horses — Mendicant priests — Blind men — Beggars, 
&c. — Visit to the temple of Bokengee — The umbrella pine-tree — 
Sintoo temples — Scenery — 'Thatched ^roofs — Valuable elm — 
The farmer and his chrysanthemums — Tomi — His one fault — 
Temple ofTo-rin-gee — Scenery by the way — Thujopsis dolabrata 
— Farm-houses — Tea-plant — Fruit-trees — Yedo vine — V eget- 
ables — Trees and shrubs of the district — The male aucuba — 
Geological features. 
The port of Kanagawa, named in the treaty as the 
location of foreigners, is situated on the northern 
side of a deep bay or inlet; Yokuhama being 
placed on its southern shore. The consuls of the 
different Treaty powers were living in temples on 
the Kanagawa side at the time of my arrival ; and 
as an old friend of mine, Mr. Jose Loureira, the 
manager for Messrs. Dent and Co., of China, who 
was also consul for Portugal and France, was 
residing there, he kindly offered me quarters in his 
temple during my stay. Nothing could have 
suited me better than this arrangement. There 
was plenty of room, both in the house and in the 
garden, for any collections of natural history which 
I might get together ; and I was on the highway 
to Yedo, and in the midst of a most fertile and 
interesting country. 
