CHAPTER XL 
gOMETniNG ABOUT THE ANAKIRIMA GROUP OP ISLANDS, AND CLIMBING 
HILLS — ALSO A WORD IN REGARD TO LOO-CHOOANS, AND TWO MIS- 
SIONARIES WHO RESIDED AMONG THEM, AND HOW IT WAS THAT Wfl 
LEFT LOO-CHOO AND AllRIA'ED IN JAPAN. 
We found considerable difficulty in working our way 
through the sand-banks whidi guard the harbour of 
Nappa, as the pilots which Commodore Perry had made 
the Government promise to keep on the look-out did not 
approacli us until we were near the anchorage. Then 
two of them boarded us, and begged by signs that we 
would not report their neglect to the authorities. Wo 
could not imagine for some time what caused them to be 
so much in earnest: we Avere subsecpiently enlightened 
on the subject by a missionary. Let me make an extract 
from my journal in regard to our arrival at this place: — 
“At 4 p.M. we anchored in this liarbour, — nine fathoms 
water and muddy bottom. McCullom, the first lieutenant, 
was at once sent on shore to see the governor, present 
our compliments, and ask for a quantity of wood with 
which we purpose steaming while surveying a neigh- 
bouring group of islands. Our coal is already running 
short; and, remembering how avgII avc steamed with the 
wood obtained at Fou-chow-fou, we hope to use no more 
coal for some time. 
“McCullom had scarcely reached the beach when a 
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