192 
DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE. Chap. XII. 
residence of the spy or spies by whom the sayings 
and doings of every one in the Legation are duly 
chronicled. 
While we were sitting at dinner this evening I 
received the following letter from Her Majesty’s 
Legation : — 
“ As ho British subject can visit Yeddo with- 
out an invitation from, or the sanction of, Her Bri- 
tannic Majesty’s Minister, or, in his absence, the 
officer in charge of Her Majesty’s Legation, from 
neither of whom you have received such invita- 
tion or sanction, I have to request you will take 
your departure from Yeddo without delay. 
“ I have, &c., 
“ F. Gr. Mybdrgh, 
“ In charge of H.B.M. Legation.” 
Early on the following morning I sent a reply 
to this letter as follows : — 
“ I had the honour to receive your letter of 
yesterday’s date, upon which I beg to make the fol- 
lowing observations. I returned to Japan a short 
time ago for the purpose of examining the natural 
productions of the country during the spring 
months, hoping to make some discoveries which 
might prove useful at home. For this purpose it 
was of great importance that I should be able to 
visit the gardens about Yedo. Unfortunately on 
my arrival at Kanagawa 1 found Her Majesty’s 
Minister absent from Yedo, and I was given to 
