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heavy swell came along, breaking farther out than 
it had been doing, and turning the boat over on the 
top of us. We struggled out and held on to the 
keel. T. threw off his coat and made for the shore. 
I got on to the bottom of the capsized boat, and 
was nearly washed off several times. As I did not 
want to lose the boat, I called out to T. as he swam 
ashore to get some men and launch the other boat, 
and come and pick me up. Becoming terribly cold, 
and no sign of the other boat appearing, I was just 
about to throw off my clothes and swim for it, when 
my rescuers appeared. On getting ashore we were 
chilled to the bone, and even within dry clothes it 
was two hours before the warmth of our bodies re¬ 
turned, our teeth chattering like castanets all the 
time. 
I then let the mate know that the Fanny was in 
the bay, and that Captain Worth had offered to 
ship him. He, of course, was only too glad of a 
chance to get employment and leave the island, so 
he packed up at once and left for Onebetsu, in spite 
of the Governor’s objections. In matters of this 
kind the Japanese have extraordinary ideas. One 
would think they would have welcomed an oppor¬ 
tunity to get rid of people, situated as we were. 
On the contrary, certain regulations and instructions 
must be carried out to the letter, which meant, in 
our case, keeping us all until we could be sent down 
to one of the open ports of Japan and delivered over 
to the British Consul. Time is, or was then, of no 
importance to a Japanese, who cannot understand 
why it should make any difference whether a thing 
is done at once, next day, next week, or next year. 
In exchange for some rope and Spencer car- 
