Chap. XVIII. GOVERNOR OF KANAGAWA. 
of high rank. An interpreter was sent forward to 
inform me that the Governor himself was my 
visitor, and that he had come to make an inspec- 
tion of the paling and hedges which surrounded 
the grounds, in order to see whether there were 
any holes through which lodnins could crawl and 
do me mortal injury. If any such holes existed, 
he was good enough to say, he would have them 
repaired. The idea was an amusing one, and cal- 
culated to excite a smile on my countenance. If 
any lodnins wanted me, they could have had no 
difficulty in getting in even after the fence was 
repaired; but being in Japan, I took the matter 
very gravely, and asked the interpreter to express 
my thanks to his Excellency the Governor for his 
care for my safety. 
The Governor and his attendants now made the 
circuit of the fences, and examined all the weak 
places, after which they returned to me in the 
verandah of the temple. It was now explained to 
me that one or two little holes existed which 
should be closed, and that the gate of the cemetery 
which led into the ground would be nailed up. 
I was then asked to what nation I belonged — was 
I English, French, or American ? I replied I was 
an Englishman. “Was I a Government official 
or a merchant ? ” I was neither, hut had visited 
Japan for the purpose of making collections of 
natural history. I then showed them my stores of 
living and dried plants, insects, shells, and books, 
with which they appeared greatly pleased. I ex- 
