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the tempting contents. He had rum and sugar 
given him by a monkey of a boy as mischievous 
as himself. He partook of it, and soon became very 
intoxicated, staggering about the deck, and finally 
falling to the ground insensible. With careful treat- 
ment, however, he was restored, even after his life 
had been despaired of. , On one occasion he dis- 
appeared. He was supposed to have fallen over- 
board, or to have swum ashore. His description 
was made out, and a reward offered for his recovery 
by the police. Next day he was found fast asleep 
ill the hammock-netting, and resumed his mis- 
chievous pranks, in jierfect ignorance of the trouble 
and anxiety he had caused his friends. 
On the cast coast of Niphon, and not far from 
Tatiyama, are two small islets, named Takano-Sima 
and Okino-Sima. We were prohibited from ram- 
bling on the mainland, for it belonged to a Daimio 
unfriendly to foreigners; but the two little islets 
were placed at our disposal for the purpose of 
exercise and recreation during our stay at this 
anchorage. Here, undisturbed, I was enabled to 
