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THE VOYAGE OF THE VEGA, 
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some time back on account of cholera. We saw here a number 
of beautiful specimens of Japanese art, from the flint tools and 
pottery of the Stone Age to the silks, porcelain, and bronzes 
of the present. In no country is there at this day such a 
love for exhibitions as in Japan. There are small exhibitions 
in most of the large towns. Many were exceedingly instructive ; 
in all there were to be seen beautiful lacquered wares, porcelain. 
JAPANrSP HOUSE IN TOKIO. 
swords, silk, cloths, &c. In one I saw a collection of the birds and 
Ashes of Japan, in another I discovered some vegetable im¬ 
pressions, by means of which I became acquainted with the 
remarkable locality for fossil plants at Mogi, of which I shall 
give an account farther on. 
On the evening of the 18th September I was invited by the 
Danish consul, Herr Bavier, to a boat excursion up the river 
