Chap. IV. 
three or four Japanese beauties, but we were un- 
gallant enough this time to decline the hospitality, 
as it was unnecessary, and as these frequent stop- 
pages were rather expensive. 
At this place the river Loga intersects the main 
road. According to treaty, foreigners are not 
allowed to pass further than this point in the direc- 
tion of the capital, unless they belong to the Lega- 
tions of those nations who have treaties with Japan. 
Special permissions are however granted by the dif- 
ferent ministers, with the sanction of the Japanese 
Government. In all other directions from Kana- 
gawa, except this one, foreigners are allowed to 
travel to the distance of ten ri, or about twenty-five 
miles. It will be seen, therefore, that there is a 
large tract of country available either for recrea- 
tion or for researches in natural history, geology, 
and other sciences. 
Dismounting from our horses, we crossed the 
Loga in flat-bottomed boats, the horses being put 
into one, and the yakoneens and myself going in 
another. This ritfer is but a small stream of one 
hundred feet in width, and quite shallow. Our 
boats were guided and propelled across by long 
bamboo poles. When we had crossed the river we 
rode onwards in the direction of the capital. For 
some distance the road, the houses, and other ob- 
jects, were just a repetition of what I have already 
described. After riding about two miles we arrived 
at a place called Omora, where there^is a celebrated 
tea-house named Mae-yaski, whiclyoeing interpreted 
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