Fourth of July, 1858, celebration of, by the expedi- ,i
tion, 264
Fox, Japanese ideas respecting the, 528.
Francis (John W.), anecdote of Basil Hall, 869.
Fraissinet, his opinion on Pinto's visit to Japan, 29.
acquits the D utch of persecuting the Japanese
Christians, 89.
Frederick, visit of the ship, to Japan, 49.
Free negroes a t the Cape of Good Hope, 126.
a t Mauritius, 188.
French, intercourse of the, with Japan, 4
possession of the isle of Franoe, or Mauritius,
182.
inhabitants o f Mauritius, 184
Fryers (Lt.), a writer on hurricanes, 187.
Fudsi-Jamma, a mountain of Japan, 9.
Funchal, 108,104
Funeral, American a t Hakodadi, 548.
of a marine, Japan, 411.
Fusi the Great, a mountain, Japan, 265, 266.
Mount, Japan, 816.
Fusi-Yama, bay of Yedo, summit o£ 878.
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Gale experienced by the expedition on entering
Yedo, 878.
Garden seeds distributed to settlers, Bonin islands,
242.
Geological features of Lew Chew, 861.
formation of the Bonin islands, 282.
Geology of Lew Chew, Bev. MEr. Jones’ report on,
210. of Peel island, 240.
Gingerbread, tough, Shui, L ew Chew, 217.
Giumaraes, Gov. of the Portuguese navy, Hong
Kong, 848.
Glass, manufecture of by the Japanese, 64
Glasson (Lt.), at Napha, 565.
Glynn (Commander), enforces release of American
seamen in Japan, 61.
urges intercourse w ith Japan, 97.
discovery of Oho-sima in 1846, 876.
Gneiss, Lew Chew, 200.
Goats, wild, numbers of on Stapleton island, Bourns,
241.
Goble (Mr.), his interest in “ Sam Patch,” 557.
Goebroken Eilander, 264
Gohei, an ornament o f the Japanese temples, 24
Gokai or “ five laws ” of Buddhism, 26.
Goku-zhen-zhi, a monastery, Simoda, 476.
Gold abundant in Japan, 76.
Golownin (Capt.), his account of Japan, 8.
his visit to Japan, 59.
says scurvy is prevalent in Yesso, 524.
Gomera indistinctly seen, 109.
Gordon (Capt.), of the British navy, visits Japan in
1818,56.
Gori-Hama, village of Japan, 292.
Government of Japan, 18.
Gozeman, a book-keeper of the D utch factory carried
off by the English, 50.
Gozeman released, 52.
Grades, classification of the Lew Chewans into four,
251.
of Lew Chewan population, 259.
Granaries, Lew Chew, 864
Grand Port, Mauritius, 185.
sea fight at, 129.
Granite, Lew Chew, 208.
Grass cloth robes worn by dignitaries at Napha, 248.
jackets, Lew Chew, 209.
Grasses, Peel island, 241.
Graveyards, Simoda, 471.
Hakodadi, 518.
Green (Dr.), account of m ineral water, Hakodadi,
518.
Green turtle, Bonin islands, 282.
Guerin (N.), chart of Japanese seas, 562.
Guest (Lt.), his course w ith Chinese vessel o f war,
the Sir H . Compton, 581.
Guilds of Porters, Canton, 842.
of beggars, 842.
Gulf stream, analogy with the Kuro-Siwo, 496.
Gutzlaff, remark of Siebold on, 91.
H
Hachiman, a Sintoo deified hero, 474
Sintoo temples, Hakodadi, 515.
Hail Columbia at Shui, Lew Chew, 216.
Hair, Lew Chew mode of wearing the, 256, 259.
Hair pin, Lew Chew, 259.
Hakodadi, opened to trade by the United States, 88,
426.
governor of, reply to Messrs. Heed and Dougherty,
456.
harbor of, 499.
survey ofj 502.
negotiations respecting the reception of the expedition
at, 50.
products of, 506.
environs ofj 506.
stone quarries, resemblance to Gibraltar, 506.
streets quiet and cleanly, 507.
buildings, roofs, precaution against fire, fire engines,
508.
walls, sliding partitions, shops, 509.
fire engines, 508.
internal decorations of houses, furniture, 509.
stools, tables, cooking apparatus, tea and teacups,
fuel, 510.
kitchens, stoves, outhouses, gardens, fire-proof
warehouses, 511.
shops, commodities, signs, shopmen, fixed
prices, Buddhist temples, 512.
graveyard epitaphs, 518.
prayer wheel, 514
Sintoo temples, roadside shrines, 615.
defences of, 517.
environs, observatory, telescope, 517.
geology of m ineral spring, cave, 518.
vegetables, trees, trade, junks, 519.
birds, animals, a depot for whalers, 528.
Hakodadi, cattle, horses, roads, sedans, mountains,
climate, fogs, 528.
temperature, healthy climate, 524
ship yards, 526.
Ha-koo-shoo, peasants, Lew Chew, 259.
Hall (Capt. Basil), occupies a house a t Lew Chew,
188.
erroneous statements of, 185.
erroneous description of the Lew Chewans, 252.
remark on the Lew Chewans to Napoleon Bonaparte,
869.
his remark on his account of Lew Chew, 869.
Hampton (Mr.), taken sick during the exploration
of Peel island, 288.
Hansiro, a Japanese convert to Christianity, 24
Hara-kiri, or disembowelment, 246.
Harmattan, a wind passing over Africa, 112.
its alleged effects, 12.
Harris, purser, his MS. journal, iv.
Hatchee-Matchee, or red cap, Lew Chew, 216, 247.
Hayashi-daigaku-nokami, Prince of Daigaku, Japan,
890.
letter of to Com. Perry, 89a
Japanese commissioner, 408.
of Japanese presents by, 428.
a t the dinner given by Com. Perry, 487.
enjoy8 Negro minstrelsy, 488.
Haze, noticed at sea, 111.
Hed-do, harbor of, Japan, 588.
Heine (Mr.), artist of the expedition, 172.
sketches Pino, 191.
Heraldic devices of the Japanese emperor and commissioners,
406.
Hide-yosi, or Fide-oosi, his history, 14
Higher classes in China, 844
Hindoo idolatry in Lew Chew, 865.
Hirakana, Japanese, 257.
Hog lane, Canton, 161.
Honesty, a conventional virtue with the Chinese
844. •
Hongo, near Simoda, 477.
Hongs a t Canton, 160.
Hong Kong, 158.
Horsbnig, remark on the action of the barometer
in the Indian ocean, 128.
remark on tides in the tropics, 156.
mention o f Sillibaboo island, 579.
“ Horse, the points of a,” Japanese drawings of, 528
Horses, humane treatment of, a t Singapore, 154
of Lew Chew, 182, 220.
. Japanese, 294.
Horticulture of the Japanese, 66.
Hospitality a t English colonial settlements to
United States officers, 184
of foreign merchants in the east, 161.
Host, incident of disrespect to the, at Macao, 848.
Hot water drunk in Lew Chew, 204.
House at Lew Chew refused to the expedition, 188.
House court yards, Simoda, 468.
Houses, construction of, Uraga, 276.
a t Simoda, 468.
interior arrangements of; Simoda, 468.
Houses, number of; Simoda, 469.
j uniformity of in Japan, 525.
Howland & Aspinwall, acknowledgment of their
services by Com. Perry, 188.
Hue (M.), account of the Portuguese settlement at
Macao, 164
travels in China, 845.
description of a praying machine, 515.
Humboldt (Baron), remark on Teneriffe, 109.
Hurricanes a t the Mauritius, 129,186.
Huts of natives, Lew Chew, 198.
Hydrographic survey of the harbor of Lew Chew
186.
report on the Bay o f Uraga, 277.
I
Ichirazichi, court interpreter, Lew Chew, 219, 247.
Ido-Iwami-no-Kami (Prfnoe of Iwami), Japanese
Commissioner, 404.
Ido (Prince of Tsusima), Japanese Commissioner,
404.
Idzu, or Negatsuo Cape, Japan, 264.
Ingenuity o f the Japanese, 70.
Inodzu-gama, the river, Japan, 477.
Inquisition a t Macao, 846.
Internal trade o f the Japanese, 67.
Interpreter, court, Lew Chew, 219.
Iron in Japan, 76.
Irrigation, Lew Chew, 252,862.
Ishirashi, bridge of, L ew Chew, 828.
Ishee, or Lingam, Lew Chew, 196.
Isitza, L ew Chew, 199.
Isomuru, Japan, 497.
Itchaboo, a Japanese coin, 505.
Iyeyas, his history, 15.
his letter to the King of England, 45.
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Jamestown, St. Helena, 165.
anchorage at, 117.
Jamieson, Commander of the English ship Bom-
bay, 579.
Japan, derivation of the name—its extent—divisions,
7; objects of curiosity relating to, 8;
writers on, 4; physical aspect of, 7; rivers—
roads—bridges—canals—climate, 9; colonized
by the Chinese, 10; duplicate sovereignty of,
18; its political subdivisions, 17; its Council
of State, 18; its Governor of the Empire, 19';
introduction of Christianity into, 27; visited
by Pinto, 28; Portuguese intercourse with,
80 ; missions, 80; letter of Emperor to the
King of England, 45; progress of industrial
arts in metal works, 68; silver, copper, quicksilver,
lead, tin, iron, coal, sulphur, precious
stones, pearls, found in, 76; Russian Expedition
to, in 1858, 79; Admiral Stirling concludes
a treaty with, 69; treaty between and
other nations proposed by the Dutch, 82; supposed
laws regulating etiquette on the death
of an Emperor, 874; an American sailor cap