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a few alterations, made them a most comfortable resi- 
dence; and they were still lounging through its roomy 
saloons and passages when our admiring sti'angers ar- 
rived, and were, to their surprise, boarded by a Russian 
officer instead of a host of Japanese officials. iS'ow, these 
Russians had saved their small-arms, &c., as well as their 
lives, when their frigate went down, and, being several 
hundred in number, were a source of constant dread to 
their usually-tyrannical but now obsequious hosts, who 
no sooner saw the arrival of a vessel than they advo- 
cated the idea of their taking passage in her away from 
Japan, 
As she was not large enough, however, to take them 
all at once, it was determined to let all of her passengers 
and cargo be landed, toward the simple end of obtaining 
more room in which to stow a greater number of the 
obnoxious Russians; and it was further determined that, 
as long as their schooner -w^as employed in the transpoi'ta- 
tion of said Russians, they, the Americans, should have 
the free use of the temple wntli and after the Russians, 
and be fui'ther granted a house in Avhich to store their 
cargo. Upon the return of their schooner after her last 
load — i, e. after she had done Japan the service to rid her 
of her unwelcome guests — they were to restow their cargo, 
and take themselves off, with any Japanese goods which 
they might be able to sell them. And this is a correct 
account of the manner in which Americans first resided 
temporarily in Japan ; although, as I have previously 
said, one would arrive at a far different conclusion from 
reading Perry’s comments on the subject. In regard to 
this treaty I have to add another word : — it grants much 
