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Abbey point, Lew Chew, 176, 228.
Abbot (Capt), misled by Yon Siebold’s charts, 879.
inquiries at Formosa, 577.
report of squalls near Formosa, 576.
Adams, William, pilot of the Dutch fleet, his account
of his visit to Japan, 85.
his letters sent to England, 48.
Adams (Capt.), conferences w ith Japanese officials,
418,414.
conversation w ith Japanese officials respecting
the death of the emperor, 885..
delivers American presents to the Japanese,
414.
conversation w ith Yezaiman, 897.
discussion respecting Uraga, 887.
interview w ith Japanese officials a t Uraga, 896.
Adams (Commander), interview with the governor
of Uraga, 278, 277.
interview w ith the mayor of Kapha, 827.
bearer of treaty to United States, 458.
arrives home, 586.
returns w ith ratified treaty to Simoda, 587.
his numerous visits a t Simoda, 590.
Admiral, title of, used for th at of Commodore in
treating with the Japanese, 284
Agriculture of the Japanese, their grains,—tea, 66.
Advanced state of Lew Chew, 256.
Agriculturist, his share in the products of the land,
252.
Ainos, Yesso, 524.
Alexander the Great, fleet of, visits Ceylon, 140.
Althea, Lew Chew, 194
Amahs, Chinese nurses, 841.
Amakirima islands near Lew Chew, 821.
Amaral, Portuguese governor of Macao, plot agajnst,
849.
America, Japanese knowledge of, 581.
America, commercial houses of, high character of
among the Chinese, 160.
American m erchants a t Shanghai claim protection,
171.
anchorage, bay of Uraga, 808.
anchorage, bay o f Yedo, 880.
merchants a t Hong Kong make application of,
to Com. Perry, 886.
sailor captive in Japan, 896.
ships, intercourse of, with Japan, 407, 409.
limits in Japan, 419.
ships in Japan, supplies for, 422.
intercourse w ith the Japanese, 547.
intercourse with Japan, treaty regulations re specting,
549.
Americans shipwrecked a t Formosa, 578.
Anatomical drawing, Japanese, 529.
Antidote for poison in use in the Indian seas, 148.
Arch, peculiar, a t Nagaguska, Lew Chew, 195.
Architecture, Japanese, 509.
I Areca tree, Bonin islands, 227.
Argonaut, visit of the ship to, Japan, 49.
Arms o f Izawa, emblazoned, 401.
Arrack tree, Bonin islands, 227.
Art, Japanese, 527.
Arts of design in Japan, 64.
Arzobispo, a name given to the Bonin islands, 280.
Astronomical knowledge of the Japanese, 78.
Awa, province of Japan, 266.
capes of, 494
Ayahs. Chinese nurses, 841.
Baby, Japanese, 461.
Bache, Prof, charts of the coast survey, 496.
Baggass, or crushed sugar cane, 864
Bailey islands, 226.
Balias tier, Mr., visit to Siam, 146.
Bamboo range of mountains, Mauritius, 182.
Bamboo, Lew Chew, 868.
fences, Lew Chew, 208.