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WE ARE OFFERED A HORSE FOR BEEF. 
anotlier occasion we saw dozens of the finest bullocks 
ranging the neighbouring hills, and, when we wanted to 
buy some of them, were informed that they were used as 
beasts of burden, but that if we wanted a horse we could 
have one. 
We had not been many hours in Si-mo-da, when Com- 
mander Eodgers was applied to by the “nomadics’' to 
force the Japanese to respect a certain article of Com- 
modore Perry’s late treaty ; but that officer very properly 
regarded the disputed point as a question for future dis- 
cussion between the two Governments, and contented 
himself with making an official appeal in their behalf. 
The result of this was that the nomadics were informed 
that the treaty-phrase “temporary residence” was under- 
stood to mean a day’s stroll through the city or into the 
country, and that tliej could never be allowed to settle in 
any part of Japan. They therefore got on board of their 
schooner when she returned, and sailed to Ila-ko-da-di, 
where, meeting a similar refusal, they returned to San 
Francisco in very high and just dudgeon. But I am 
getting aliead of my narrative. 
Finding that we were unable to buy beef and vege- 
tables, we turned our attention to articles of Japanese 
manufacture, such as china, lacquer-ware, &c. ; and, having 
exacted a promise that a bazaar should be got up for us 
as soon as possible, we sat down patiently to await its 
fulfilment. In the mean time we surveyed the harbour 
and adjoining coasts; which accomplished, we resorted 
to daily walks into the interior as the most profitable way 
of passing the time. We were much annoyed during 
our first walks by the Japanese officials, who, after drink- 
