YOKOHAMA. 
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traveller, for the numberless objects of interest to 
be seen at almost every step fill the mind with ad- 
miration ; and although it would really take months 
to see all (in Japan) in detail, yet it is well 
known that, to the sightseer, a great deal may be 
crowded into a short space of time ; and so one 
was enabled to realise something of this country and 
people. 
I landed on the 12th April at Yokohama, a town 
which has within the past few years risen from a 
small fishing village to a place of great importance, 
possessing numerous fine buildings, such as a large 
town-hall, custom-house, imperial post-office, and 
residences for officials and foreign consuls, telegraph 
offices, banks, several churches, a railway station, race- 
course, and public gardens ; also wide streets, both 
in the foreign concession and Japanese quarter, with 
business houses of various kinds ; streets lighted with 
gas ; and, if so many Japanese were not met with, 
it would not be difficult to imagine oneself in some 
European town. 
There are special points of interest to the stranger 
at every step in Yokohama, whether in passing 
through the native quarter, where the silk, bronze, 
lacquer, porcelain, and curiosity shops are located, or 
a pleasant walk over the Bluff — either will give one a 
good idea of the topography of Yokohama ; while a 
ride by the new road around Mississippi Bay and 
through the village of Negishi affords fine scenes and 
