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o f f i c e r s o n s h o r e . — I m p e r t u r b a b l e c o m p o s u r e o f Y e n o s k e w h e n c h a r g e d w i t h f a l s e h o o d . — C a l l u p o n t h e
M a y o r o t Y o k u - h a u i a . — T h e l a d i e s o f h i s h o u s e h o l d . — D i s g u s t i n g f a s h i o n o f d y e i n g t h e i r t e e t h . — U s e
o f r o u g e . — E n t e r t a i n m e n t o f t h e C o m m o d o r e . — T h e M a y o r ’ s b a b y . — T h e c o m m o n p e o p l e v e r y c o m f
o r t a b l e . — F i e l d l a b o r s s h a r e d b y t h e w o m e n . — S t r a w g r e a t c o a t f o r r a i n y w e a t h e r . — P a p e r u m b r e l l a s .
— P e o p l e n o t i n d i s p o s e d t o i n t e r c o u r s e w i t h f o r e i g n e r s . — R e s p e c t f u l t r e a t m e n t o f t h e f e m a l e s e x . —
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l o o k i n g . — S o m e s t r i k i n g l y h a n d s o m e . — G i r l s h a v e g r e a t v i v a c i t y , y e t d i g n i f i e d a n d m o d e s t . — S o c i a l
h a b i t s . — V i s i t s . — T e a p a r t i e s . — S q u a d r o n , a f t e r n o t i c e t o t h e J a p a n e s e a u t h o r i t i e s , p r o c e e d s u p t h e b a y
w i t h s o m e o f t h e o f f i c i a l s o n b o a r d . — P o w h a t a n a n d M i s s i s s i p p i g o w i t h i n s i g h t o f t h e c a p i t a l . — I t s
i m m e n s e s i z e . — S e a f r o n t p r o t e c t e d b y h i g h p a l i s a d e s . — C h a n g e o f J a p a n e s e p o l i c y o n t h e s e c o n d v i s i t
t o Y e d o . — A l l s h o w o f m i l i t a r y . r e s i s t a n c e s t u d i o u s l y a v o i d e d . — T h e C o m m o d o r e a s s u r e s t h e J a p a n e s e
o f f i c i a l s t h a t h e w i l l n o t a n c h o r t h e s t e i m e r s n e a r t h e c i t y , a n d , a f t e r a g l a n c e , a t t h e i r r e q u e s t , r e t u r n s .
■ — G r e a t j o y o f t h e o f f i c i a l s t h e r e a t . — P r e p a r a t i o n s f o r d e p a r t u r e . — M a c e d o n i a n o r d e r e d t o P e e l i s l a n d . ^ v
S o u t h a m p t o n , S u p p l y , V a n d a l i a , a n d L e x i n g t o n s e n t t o S i m o d a . — W e b s t e r i s l a n d . — D e p a r t u r e o f t h e
C o m m o d o r e f o r S i m o d a . — H a r b o r e x a m i n e d . - T h e t o w n a n d a d j a c e n t c o u n t r y . — S h o p s a n d d w e l l i n g s .
— P u b l i c b a t h s . — F o o d . — M o d e o f c u l t i v a t i o n . — B u d d h i s t t e m p l e s . — G r a v e - y a r d s a n d t o m b s . — S t a t u e s
o f B u d d h a . — O f f e r i n g s o f f l o w e r s o n t h e g r a v e s . — E p i t a p h s o r i n s c r i p t i o n s . — C h a r m s f o r k e e p i n g a w a y
f r o m t h e d e a d m a l i g n a n t d e m o n s . — A t e m p l e a p p r o p r i a t e d f o r t h e o c c u p a n c y o f o u r o f f i c e r s . — A S i u -
t o o t e m p l e . — M a r i n e r ’ s t e m p l e . — S a l u b r i t y o f S i m o d a . — M a d e a n i m p e r i a l c i t y s i n c e t h e t r e a t y .
HE treaty having been signed and
exchanged, the Commodore sent it,
together with the necessary communications,
to our government at
Washington, under the especial
charge of Commander H. A. Adams,
commissioned as bearer of dispatches,
who left in the Saratoga. This
vessel got under way on the morning
of the 4th of April, (1854,) and
sailed for the Sandwich Islands,
homeward bound. As she passed
the squadron anchored at Kanaga-
wa, the Saratoga saluted the flag of
the Commodore with thirteen guns,
which were returned from the Powhatan.
The wind and weather prevented
her, however, from getting
out of the bay, and she was obliged
to anchor at the “ American anchorage” on the first night, and did not stand
out for sea until the next dav.