The countries of the world : being a popular description of the various continents, islands, rivers, seas, and peoples of the globe . s on the isles: hence the junkmen call themBnttiti Sima, or the islands without The Japanese Japan proper, or Nipon, the land of the rising sun, whose name was for ages ashadowy abstraction to the Western world, but has of late years come prominently before • Voyage Round the World (), Vol. II., pp. 295-313.+ Hydrographic Xotice, No. 51 (Washington, 1877).X Chinese Repository, 1835. Tin; : njiru:!:: ,i.\1an Ilioi-Kit. . it
The countries of the world : being a popular description of the various continents, islands, rivers, seas, and peoples of the globe . s on the isles: hence the junkmen call themBnttiti Sima, or the islands without The Japanese Japan proper, or Nipon, the land of the rising sun, whose name was for ages ashadowy abstraction to the Western world, but has of late years come prominently before • Voyage Round the World (), Vol. II., pp. 295-313.+ Hydrographic Xotice, No. 51 (Washington, 1877).X Chinese Repository, 1835. Tin; : njiru:!:: ,i.\1an Ilioi-Kit. . it, comprehends four Inrge islands, viz., Nipon, Sliikokoii, Kiusliiii, and Yezo. Tlio wholeempire, exeiusive of the Lonehoo and Bonins, may contain alwut 150,001) sciuare miles,two-thirds of it mountains; but as the number of small isK-ts, in addition to tiie fourlarge ones, is about 3,800, it is ditlicult, without an aoeurate survey, to arrive at anydeterminate idea of the superllces of the empire. Afost of the islands are volcanic incharacter, and earth(pi:ikes still disturb them so frtspiently that tiic natives calculate on. VIEW Ol UESMIMA, JAIAN. one of their cities being, on an average, destroyed every seven years. They are, however,as a rule, very fertile and highly cultivated. There are many picturesque valleys andinland seas, and so broken is the coast that fine harbours abound ever}wbere, and, likeall volcanic countries, the scenery is varietl, a few miles displaying alternations of savagehideousness, appalling destructiveness, and almost heavenly beauty. The mineral wialth of the country is great. Cop{)er, iron, gold, c<«al, petroleum,silver, quicksilver, and lead abound in most of the islands.* The former for ages formedone of the principal sources of wealth to the Government when they trade<l with the • • IJcporta of Embiissy and Legation (187-»). p. HS, with map showing the mineral districtA. 159 30G THE COUXTIUES OF THK WOKLD. uiiiuial Dutch ships al
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