Chap. XIII. 
RETURN TO KANAGAWA. 
CHAPTER XIII. 
Return to Kanagawa — Moxa and Acupuncture — Mode of performing 
these operations — Their supposed value — Prospects of better 
medical and surgical knowledge in Japan — Roadside altar — 
Ladies at their prayers — The conclusion of the ceremony— Field 
crops and spring flowers at the end of May — Commencement of 
rains — Beautiful rainbow — A violent r earthquake — Burning 
rape-stalks for manure — An English strawberry found — New 
plants discovered — Vegetables and fruit in the markets — Entomo- 
logical notices — Land shells — A Buddhist congregation — Their 
mode of worship — Amusing visit from the congregation— An 
interval in the service — Its conclusion. 
In due time I arrived at my old quarters in Kana- 
gawa, and the plants which I' had purchased in 
Yedo were delivered in good condition, and added 
to my other collections. Tunga and myself, with 
some Japanese whom I had taken into my service, 
were now daily ransacking the country in all 
directions in search of new plants and other 
objects of natural history. One day, as I was 
returning from my rambles, the last part of my 
road was along the Tokaido, which forms the main 
street of Kanagawa. In a tea-house, on the road- 
side, a most curious operation was being per- 
formed, which attracted my attention. A woman 
was sitting with her hack quite naked, while 
another of her sex was engaged in burning little 
