NxVnVE PILOT. 
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Tatisli, tlie interpreter, Avas a wily, spare, little, 
pock-marked mau, Avitli a sinister eye. He possessed 
great sagacity and cimning, Avars prond of liis knoAv- 
ledge of English, and alvv^ays a little afraid of Araki ; 
being, in fact, concerned about the safety of liis 
head especially, after a night of saki and conver- 
sation, Avhen he feared he might, perhaps, have 
been too communicatHe concerning Japanese man- 
ners and customs. 
The native pilot Avas a cheery old man, Avith 
a cautious, Avrinkled, broAvn face. His Aveather- 
beaten head Avas, tied up in an old^ blue handker- 
chief, and his gaunt form Avas nearly ahvays bent 
in the most obsequious manner. > 
One of the most beautiful of the bivah^e shells of 
Japan is the Amussium Japonicum, a kind of large 
smooth Scallop. The Japanese fishermen call it 
‘‘ Tsuki-hi-kai,” or Sun-and-moon shell,” from its 
presenting a yellow disk on one side, and a Avhite 
one on the other. Many shells have native names, 
Avliich are knoAvn only to the fishermen. On my 
iijquiiing of Araki the name of a shell, he A\muld 
