. Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China seas and Japan. of the people.—Ainos or hairy Knriles.—Mechanical skill of the Japanese.—Carpentry and masonry.—Coopers.—Ironore workers.—Blacksmitlis, their bellows.—Copper much used in junk building.—Spinning and weav-ing.—Dyed cottons.—Silk fabrics.—Lacquered ware.—Printing, drawing, and painting.^—Sculpture.—Architecture.—General intelligence.—Information, derived through the Dutch at Nagasaki, from Eu-ropean publications.—Japanese game of chess.—Cards,—Loto.—Ball and Jackstraws among thechildren. with the HE steamers liad
. Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China seas and Japan. of the people.—Ainos or hairy Knriles.—Mechanical skill of the Japanese.—Carpentry and masonry.—Coopers.—Ironore workers.—Blacksmitlis, their bellows.—Copper much used in junk building.—Spinning and weav-ing.—Dyed cottons.—Silk fabrics.—Lacquered ware.—Printing, drawing, and painting.^—Sculpture.—Architecture.—General intelligence.—Information, derived through the Dutch at Nagasaki, from Eu-ropean publications.—Japanese game of chess.—Cards,—Loto.—Ball and Jackstraws among thechildren. with the HE steamers liad beenat anchor hut a fewhours when a boat,which, from the usualblack striped flag andemblazoned standard atthe stern, was known tobe a government craft,was seen slowly to ap-proach the build was verymuch like those boatselsewhere seen, but ofa heavier make andclumsier model. Hereight boatmen weredressed in the livery—dark blue and white—and marked on the backarms of the dignitary in whose service they were. Their boat was. 1 +
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