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MAMMOTH RASPBERRIES. 
former receiving us with fear and trembling, the latter 
with suspicion and distrust. Upon visiting the former, 
we w^ere timidly asked, through our interpreter, “ Why 
have you arrived at our small island ?’* and upon landing 
among the latter we were obliged to intimate our readh 
ness for fighting before they would get out of our way 
and let us ascend a neighbouring peak with a theodolite. 
Here we found fresh supplies of a magnificent raspberry, 
similar to some we had encountered at the Anakirima 
Islands, and which I neglected to speak of while writing 
about that group. They were of two different species, 
one of a brown colour and as large as a small apricot, 
the other yellow and about the size of a Malaga grape. 
The former grew on a vine that ran along the ground or 
twined itself around bushes; while the latter hung in 
clusters from small bushes that generally stood ofi' by 
themselves. The leaf of the larger was often from seven 
to eight inches in diameter, and one which I brought 
home with me is always mistaken for that of the grape. 
We gathered quantities of these berries; and — as we had 
previously failed to get fresh provisions from the Loo- 
chooans, and subsequently failed to do so from the 
Japanese, in spite of Commodore Perry’s much-talked- 
of treaty — I have no doubt that they warded off the 
scurvy from us for months. The latitude of the splendid 
harbour around which these berries grew is 28° 30' IT., 
its longitude 129° 32' E., and it must eventually become 
a place of importance. 
Leaving this quiet retreat, we once more put to sea and 
continued the survey, by separate routes, to Si-mo-da; 
arrived oft* which port, wo sighted a vessel entering ahead 
