DR. SIEBOLD’S RESIDENCE. 
Chap. I. 
in sober earnest, and scarcely a smile played on 
one of the many little faces that were taking part 
in this mimic representation of the good Dutch- 
men. The exercises having been gone through, 
the hand struck up a lively air, and the little actors 
marched away to their homes. 
On the side of a hill, a few miles out of Na- 
gasaki, and amongst the most beautiful scenery, 
lives the veteran naturalist, Dr. Yon Siebold. His 
house is some distance away from that of any other 
European; and his delight seems to be in his 
garden, his library, and the Japanese country 
people who are his friends. As I had determined 
to pay him a visit during my stay in Nagasaki, I 
chose a fine day, and set out in the direction of 
his residence after breakfast. 
My road led me through the heart of the town. 
The streets, as I have already remarked, were wide 
and clean, and contrasted most favourably with 
towns of equal size in China. The common neces- 
saries of life seemed to be abundant everywhere. 
Amongst fruits I observed the Diospyros Jcaki , 
pears, oranges, Salisburia nuts, chesnuts, water 
melons, acorns, &c. The vegetables consisted of 
carrots, onions, nelumbium roots, turnips, lily- 
roots, ginger. Arum esculentum , yams, sweet pota- 
toes, and a root called “ gobbo,” apparently a 
species of Arctium. 
After passing through the town the road led 
me up a beautiful rice valley, terraced in all 
directions and watered abundantly by the streams 
