CHAPTER XVIII. 
Farewell dinner at Yokohama—The Chinese in Japan—Voyage to Kobe— 
Purchase of "Japanese Books—Journey by rail to Kioto—Biwa Lake 
and the Legend of its Origin—Dredging there—Japanese Dancing- 
Girls—Kioto—The Imperial Palace—Temples—Swords and Sword- 
bearers—Shintoism and Buddhism — The Porcelain Manufacture — 
Japanese Poetry—Feast in a Buddhist Temple—Sailing across the 
Inland Sea of Japan—Landing at Hirosami and Shimonoseki—Nagasaki 
•—Excursion to Mogi—Collection of Fossil Plants—Departure from 
Japan. 
The last days at Y^okoliama were taken up with farewell visits 
there and at Tokio. An afternoon’s leisure during the last day 
I spent in the capital of Japan I employed in making an ex¬ 
cursion in order to dredge from a Japanese boat in the river 
debouching at the town. The Japanese boats differ from the 
European in being propelled not by rowing but by sculling. 
They have usually a deck above the level of the water, which 
is dazzlingly white and laid with matting, like the rooms in a 
Japanese house. The dredging yielded a great number of 
Anodonta, large Paludina, and some small shells. 
During our stay in Japan I requested Lieutenant Nordquist 
to make as complete a collection of the land and fresh-water 
e rusta c e a of the country as the short time permitted. In conse¬ 
quence of the unusual poverty of the country in these animal 
forms the result was much smaller than we had hoped. During 
a preceding voyage to the Polar Sea I had assisted in making 
