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CHAPTER X X I I .
Survey and description of th© harbor of Simoda.-DiscipIine in the aquadron—Intercomse with the authorities
of Simoda.—Kura-kawa-kahei, the P re fe c t-H is disposition to produce trouble.-Treatment
I I 5 1 Amencan officers.—Remonstrances of the Commodore.—Equivocation of the Prefect—Ho is
frightened into propriety.—Efforts of two Japanese gentlemen clandestinely to leave their country in
^ m^u 0111 Commodore’s conduct Buddhist temples at Simoda—Prefect again shows his petty
hostility. His prevarications and felsehoods.-Puneral of an American on shore.—Insult offered to
Amencan officers on shore.—Prefect’s further falsehoods.—Compelled to apologize, and informed that
his insolence wonld not be borne in future.-Friendly intercourse with the pedple-^Departure for Ha-
kodadi.—Volcano of Oho-sims.—1The Kuro-siwo, or Japanese “ gulf stream.”—Straits of Sangar.-
Eoga—Harbor of Hakodadi.—Directions for entering.
N the Commodore’s arrival at
the port of Simoda, he immediately
organized a surveying party
for the complete examination of
the harbor, and, during his stay,
succeeded in obtaining a thorough
knowledge of all the points of
nautical interest to the navigator.
The harbor of Simoda is near
the southeastern extremity of the
peninsula of Idzu, which terminates
at the cape of that name,
and bears S. W. by W., at a distance
of forty-five miles from
Cape Sagami, at the entrance of
the lower bay or gulf of Yedo.
To the northward of the harbor,
a high ridge of mountains intersects
the peninsula, and south
of this, all the way to the cape,
the land is broken by innumerable peaks of less elevation. There are several
islands and prominent rocks, which are picturesque features in the view
and important indications, which require to be carefully considered by those