. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. n than our own of 1688. In 1873 the Mikado grantedhis subjects a representativeconstitution ; and in The new1S75 a senate was constitution,appointed, as well as a supremecouncil and college of 1878 assemblies were constituted for the provinces and departments,and the representative system is to be completed by a national assembly,which will meet for the first tim
. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. n than our own of 1688. In 1873 the Mikado grantedhis subjects a representativeconstitution ; and in The new1S75 a senate was constitution,appointed, as well as a supremecouncil and college of 1878 assemblies were constituted for the provinces and departments,and the representative system is to be completed by a national assembly,which will meet for the first time in 1890. In the sixteenth century Portuguese traders visited Japan; andPortuguese missionaries under St. Francis Xavier landed about the middleof the century at Kagosima. But in consequence, it would seem,of the possibility of their attempting the subjugation of Japan, Europeanthe Portuguese were expelled in 1639. The Dutch arrived ^^^^*°^^-in 1610, and though strictly limited to Nagasaki, maintained almost amonopoly of Japanese foreign trade till recent times. An Englishmannamed William Adams, from Kent, reached Japan early in the seven-teenth century, as pilot to a Dutch vessel, and gave the Japanese instruc-. HARUKO, EMPRESS OF JAPAN. 388 THE INHABITANTS OF ASIA. tion in sliip-building. But no English factories were established inconsequence. The United States, as represented by Commodore Perry,Recent ^^^^^t be credited with having broken the ice between the Anglo-treaties with Saxons and the Japanese, although in a somewhat high-handedore gners. j^^^^j-^gj.^ Several ports were thenceforth opened to Americantrade. England soon followed suit; and now, eighteen foreign nationshave treaties with Japan, obtained by persevering insistence. Before18G8, all foreign powers treated with the Shogun or T3^coon; but in thatyear the British, French, and Dutch ministers went to Kioto and obtainedthe Mikados direct sanction to the treaties already concluded. It mustnot be imagined that
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