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scenes which are daily observed in fine father on 
the coast of China. We must have more know- 
ledge of the interior of the Japanese islands before 
we can say whether this be owing to the less po- 
pulous condition of the country or to the habits of 
the people. The fact is as I have stated ; the 
reason of such a difference will, no doubt, be 
explained in due time. In the afternoon we were 
opposite the islands near the entrance to Yedo bay, 
and the same night dropped our anchor abreast of 
the town of Yokuhama. I left the ship on the fol- 
lowing morning, and took up my residence on 
shore. 
Besides timber trees and other ornamental 
plants suitable to our climate, and likely to prove 
valuable in England, I had determined to make a 
collection of various other objects of natural his- 
tory, particularly insects and land-shells. With 
this view I had secured the services of Tunga, 
my old Chinese servant, and had brought him over 
with me from China to Japan. We were now out 
all day long, ransacking every valley and every 
hill for the objects we had in view. Tunga soon 
picked up a few words of the language of the 
country; and, as he was civil and inoffensive in 
all his ways, and carried a few cash in his pocket 
to reward those who assisted him, he grew very 
popular amongst the country people. When 
making collections of insects and shells in China, 
we always found it a matter of the first import- 
ance to enlist in our service the children about 
