Around the world with General Grant: a narrative of the visit of General , ex-president of the United States, to various countries in Europe, Asia, and Africa, in 1877, 1878, 1879To which are added certain conversations with General Grant on questions connected with American politics and history . the Eastsoon deadens any emotions you may have on the question ofclothes, and what you note in a Japanese crowd is the lightnessand gayety of the people, the smiling faces, the fun-loving , you note the good order, the perfect order, the cour-tesy, the kind feeling. I have come t
Around the world with General Grant: a narrative of the visit of General , ex-president of the United States, to various countries in Europe, Asia, and Africa, in 1877, 1878, 1879To which are added certain conversations with General Grant on questions connected with American politics and history . the Eastsoon deadens any emotions you may have on the question ofclothes, and what you note in a Japanese crowd is the lightnessand gayety of the people, the smiling faces, the fun-loving , you note the good order, the perfect order, the cour-tesy, the kind feeling. I have come to the conclusion that themob is a product of our Western civilization. I have neverseen a crowd, a multitude, until I came to China and here I have not seen a mob. You look out upon suchmasses of human beings as our sparse countries could not look upon what you could call without extravagance a sea POPULAR FETE TO THE GENERAL. 573 of faces. But it is the sea when the sun shines upon it, andthe light plays over the waters, and the waves ebb and flowwith genial, friendly welcome. The good-humor and the pa-tience of the crowd seemed to have no end. General Grantand party left Enriokwan at two oclock. The hour and theroute and every step in the programme had been considered, ? •. THE FISH MAKKET AT TOKIO. and set down in a programme,and we found ourselves going through the day as though wewere in a drama, and everything had been written down forus and for everybody else by a careful prompter. GeneralGrants party on the occasion was a large one. As the fetewas partly in his honor, and all the people were out to see,and his progress was to be in state, it was thought that thepresence of the naval officers would be a compliment to the 574 ?APAN- citizens, and add to the interest of the day. Accordingly theGeneral invited Admiral Patterson, Captain Benham, and theleading officers of the American ships to join him at the palace,take luncheon, and go with him to the
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