Redfield (W. C.), observations on the Gulf-stream
496. *
Redfield rocks, near Simoda, 481.
survey of, 56.
Reed and Dougherty (Messrs.), communication to
the Governor of Hakodadi, 455.
Reed (Mr.), his letters respecting the treatment of
Americans a t Simoda, 456.
Regent, Lew Chew, his reception of Com. Perrv
217.- -
entertainment by the, to Com. Perry, 219.
dignity o£ proof against the effects o f good liquors,
249.
hew, of Lew Chew, 246.
Religion, Simoda, 470.
Resanoff, a Russian officer, his Visit to Japan, 58.
orders a hostile attack, 59.
Residence, American, in Japan, 489.
Reviews and m ilitary exercises of the expedition at
Lew Chew, 222.
Rhubarb, plant resembling, 587.
Rice, Japanese customs respecting, 429.
bearded, Lew Chew, 188.
cultivation of; Lew Chew, 862.
cultivation, Simoda, 467.
fields, Lew Chew, 198.
mills, Hongo, 477.
Rioboo-Sintoo, a Sintoo sect, 26
Rio-shen-zhi, a Buddhist temple, Simoda, 478.
Rocks, remarkable masses of; Lew Chew, 194.
entrance of the bay o f Tedo, 878.
Rock island, Simoda harbor, 479.
near Simoda, 561.
Rodgers (Commander), letters to Messrs. Reed and
Dougherty, 456.
Roman Catholic missionaries a t Lew-Chew, 258.
Japanese dislike of, 517.
Roofe of dwellings, Simoda, 467.
Roqnemansel, Com. of. the îre n c h navy, pleasant
intercourse with, 158.
Rosario, identity of, with Disappointment island '
245.
Rouge applied by Japanese women to their lins
460.
Russia, apparently desirous of sharing the honors of
the Japanese expedition, 78.
Russian intercourse with Japan, 56.
possessions adjacent to Japan, 56.
advantages to h er from the possession of Japan,
visit to Japan in 1858, 78.
temporary possession of the Bonin islands, 280.
expedition to Nagasaki, 426.
treaty with Japan similar to the American, 452.
expedition a t Simoda, 587.
Russians, intercourse of the, with Japan, 4
8
Saboroske, impertinent curiosity of, on board the
Susquehanna, 807.
Saddles islands, near Shanghai, 172.
Sagani, Cape, 265.
shores of, 266.
Sago palm, Peel island, 285.
Sail-boats, Lew Chew, 208.
Sailing directions for Simoda, 48.
Sailing fish of Singapore, 155.
Sailing observations, 264, 817*
Sailor epitaph, Japan, 545.
Sailors of the expedition, misconduct of three of at
Lew Chew, 567.
Sakee, 218.
Sakee, Lew Chew, 868.
Saki, Lew Chew, 250.
Saki, 444,460.
Saltness o f sea waters, Lew Chew, 200.
Salute Chinese, three guns, 169.
I Sam Patch,” a Japanese, 896.
before the Japanese officials, 898.
- the Japanese, 557.
Samuns, the, teachers in Lew Chew, 256.
Sandwich islands, expedition to the Bonin islands
from, 250.
islanders on the Bonin islands, 284
Sangar, Straits of; fogs about, 497.
Straits of, navigation of, 498.
San Kokp Tsoir Kan To Sits, a Japanese writer
account of the Bonin Islands, 227.’
Santa Mesa, Philippine islands, murder o f an American
at, 577.
Saris (John), an English sea captain visits Japan, 45.
has an interview w ith the Emperor, 45.
visit to Japan in 1613, 429'.
Satskasi, the rainy season of Japan, 9.
Satzuma, Prince of, Lew Chew, a dependency of,
175.
Japanese Prince of, his revenue, 877.
Savory (Nathaniel), an American resident a t the
Bonin islands, 280.
robbed by sailors under the American flag, 251.
an early settler of the Bonin islands, 854-
Sakya-Sinha, founder of Buddhism, 26.
Scientific knowledge of the Japanese, 68.
men not of the navy, applications of to join the
expedition declined, 99.
Scott (Mr.), his intercourse with the Lew GhewnnS
228.
Screens of cloth set np as mock fortifications by:the
Japanese, 272.
painted cloth, Japanese, 291, 808.
Scribe, Japanese, 405.
Sculling Japanese, 521.
Sculls and oars, 891.
Sculpture, Japanese, 580.
Simoda, 471, 478, 475.
Scurvy in T edo, 524
Sea weeds of the Kuro-siwa, 497,
Sedan chair of Com. Perry, 215.
Sedgewick (Mr.), a w riter on hurricanfes, 187.
Senmimar, founder of a fraternity o f the Japanese
clergy, 25.
Sirofama, Cape, 494
Serpents of Ceylon, 148.
8hah bay, Lew Chew, coal at, 861.
Shanghai, visit to, 169.
Com. Perry on commercial importance of; 248.
Shang H ung Hiun, new regent of Lew Chew, 247,
249.
regent of Lew Chew, 826.
Shang-Ta-Tmu, regent of Lew Chew, letter of to
Com. Perry, 184
Sharks, taken by dogs, Bonin islands, 232.
Sheude, capital of Lew Chew, 188.
Shiomis-zhi, a Buddist temple, Hakodadi, 518.
Ship yards, Hakodadi, 526.
Shipwrecked sailors, American, in Japan, 445.
Shira-hama, Simoda, 476.
Shirasawaki, near Hakodadi, 519.
Shoes, Japanese, of straw, 65.
Sho-Ho-Y6, or Chess, 588.
Shops, Simoda, 468.
Shrines, Simoda, 468.
of temples, Simoda, 470. .
roadside, Hakodadi, frequent genuflexions at,
516.
Shrubs, new varieties of, Lew Chew, 198.
Shui, an “ University” at, 256.
Shunteen dynasty of rulers of Lew Chew, 258.
Shutters, Simoda, 468.
Siamese naval commander visits Com. Perry, 145.
Side, or Indian gooseberry, Peel island, 286.
Siebold, a writer on Japan, 4, 8.
his comparison of the language of Japan with
th at of the adjacent shores, 12.
remark on the Sintoo worship, 24
remarks on Japanese teas, 66.
his opinion of the Japanese expedition, 78.
story of his banishment from Japan, 88.
desirous of joining the Japan expedition, 90.
his pamphlet, 90.
letter to an official of the Japan expedition, 90.
remark on Gutzlaff and Forcade, missionaries,
91-
account of Oho-sima, or Tatao, 268.
inaccuraoy of his map of the bay of Tedo, 879.
accounts of whale ships, Japan, 528.
on Japanese mining, 554
Signs of shops, Simoda, 468.
Sikai, or “ ten counsels of Buddhism,” 26.
Silks, Japanese, 812, 527.
woven by criminals, 65.
Sillibaboos, picked up at sea by the Southampton,
578.
surgical examination of the, 579.
left to be sent home from Manilla, 580.
Silver, abundant in Japan, 76.
Simoda, opened to trade by the U nited States, 88.
discussion relative to opening the port of, 424.
approval of as an American port, 440.
Japanese proclamation to the Americans at,
455.
Japan, 465.
beauty of the environs of; 666.
its antiquity, 467.
docks, streets, sewers, houses,, shops, 467.
officials, baths, diet, vegetables, 469.
rice, religion, temples, monasteries, 470.
Simoda, shrines, sculpture, pictures, demons, graveyards,
471.
festivals, “Mariners’ Temple,” 475.
environs of, 476.
its topographical characteristics, 478.
government of; 478.
harbor of, 479.
Com. Perry's return to, 546.
regulations respecting American vessels at, 560.
earthquake at, 587.
harbor unaffected by the, 589.
Simpson (Alex.), letter respecting the Bonin islands,
854
Sinagawa, harbor of Tedo, 811.
a suburb of Tedo, 401.
Singapore, visit to, 150.
Sintoo, religion of Japan, 24
its deities, idols, temples, 24
priests, question of their marriage, 25.
pilgrimages, 25.
duties, 25.
festival services, 25
sects, 26.
temple, Simoda, 470.
shrine, Simoda, 471.
Sira-hama, bay of, near Simoda, 476.
Sirija Saki, Nippon, 498.
Sirocco, the, compared w ith the Harmattan, 112.
Sitkokf, an island of Japan, 7.
Siutoo, a Japanese belief; its rules, 24.
Slave, value of a Lew Chewan, 259.
Slavery, system of in Lew Chew, 259.
Sledges, carriages drawn on, a t Funchal, 105.
Smith (Sir Thomas), licensed as governor of tho
East India Company to trade with the J a p
a n e se ,^ .
Society in China, 845.
Socks, Japanese, 404.
Sorghum, or millet, Lew Chew, 196.
Sotowra, near Simoda, 476.
Soundings, bay of Uraga, 266.
Southampton rock, near Simoda, 481.
South east bay, P eel island, 238.
Sovereignty of the Bonin islands, 245.
Sowas, a metal made by the Japanese, 68.
Spaniards, intercourse of the, with Japan, 4.
Spaniel, an English species of, possibly introduced
from Japan, 429.
Spars, purchase of a t Simoda, 555.
Spectacles, Japanese, 529.
Speiden (W.), purser, report on Japanese currencies,
548.
Sphynx, H. B. M. ship, visit to Napha, Lew Chew,
246.
Spies, 222, 251, 489.
a t Lew Chew, 181,184,196, 201, 251,259, 828.
in the bay of Uraga, 271.
vigilance of, relaxed a t Lew Chew, 888.
bad effects of the system of; 884.
Japanese, 881, 405, 418.
follow American officers in Japan, 488.
Springs, Peel island, brackish, 240. .
Squadron, disposition of for the return voyage, 565.