. Narrative of the Earl of Elgin's mission to China and Japan in the years 1857, '58, '59 . ed in the guitar, so that it is quite possible tobe sentimental in Japan even with black teeth. Theladies are also said to be adepts at dancing, but thegentlemen look on instead of offering themselves aspartners. We had, unfortunately, no opportunity ofseeing any Japanese ladies, our time was so fullyoccupied; and when I did at last obtain a promisefrom Moriyama to take me to his abode, we couldnot find a spare hour. Fortunately we did not digress so much from themain street of Yedo as I have from this
. Narrative of the Earl of Elgin's mission to China and Japan in the years 1857, '58, '59 . ed in the guitar, so that it is quite possible tobe sentimental in Japan even with black teeth. Theladies are also said to be adepts at dancing, but thegentlemen look on instead of offering themselves aspartners. We had, unfortunately, no opportunity ofseeing any Japanese ladies, our time was so fullyoccupied; and when I did at last obtain a promisefrom Moriyama to take me to his abode, we couldnot find a spare hour. Fortunately we did not digress so much from themain street of Yedo as I have from this account ofour progress along it. For at least two miles did wepass between two rows of human beings, six or eightdeep, until at last turning down a short lane, andpassing between a pair of heavy wooden gates, whichclosed behind us, we entered a courtyard formed bya temple and its adjacent buildings, at one corner ofwhich a number of servants were standing on thesteps of a verandah waiting to receive us. Here we dismounted, and exultingly took posses-sion of our future residence in CHAPTER VI, RESIDENCE OF BRITISH MISSION-—PLAN OF OUR HOUSE—SOFT MAT-TING JAPANESE SPIES SHINGLE ROOFS THE PRINCES QUARTER AN OBSTRUCTIVE ARISTOCRACY ARGUMENTS ON THEIR SIDE EVILS OF CIVILISATION RESTRICTIONS ON THE NOBLES PALACES OF THE PRINCES THE CITADEL PANORAMA OF YEDO AN IM-PERIAL BANQUET A SHOPPING EXPEDITION FIRE-LADDERS WE ARE MISTAKEN FOR CHINESE BATHING-HOUSES HANDSOME LACQUER-WARE A SILK-MERCERS AN ACTIVE POLICE OR-GANISATION OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT STREET DOGS WILD DEER. The apartments appropriated to the use of the BritishMission were connected with a Buddhist temple, inwhich some description of service seemed constantlyto be going on. Before landing, Lord Elgin hadbeen requested to send in an exact list of the number ofEuropeans, including servants, by whom he was to beaccompanied ; and he accordingly furnished a requi-sition for accommodation for eighteen. This in-cluded a
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