. William H. Seward's travels around the world. l climates. We now for the firsttime see in perfection on its native soil this magnificent flower, ofwhich, whosoever eateth wishes never again to depart, nor to seehis native country, if it groweth not there. Here the intelligent Japanese governor passed two hours withMr. Seward, explaining the system of provincial administration,which seems very effective. He learns also that education of allclasses is compulsory, and that the schools are maintained by taxa-tion, which is remitted in behalf of the poor. We went, this morning, on board a small c
. William H. Seward's travels around the world. l climates. We now for the firsttime see in perfection on its native soil this magnificent flower, ofwhich, whosoever eateth wishes never again to depart, nor to seehis native country, if it groweth not there. Here the intelligent Japanese governor passed two hours withMr. Seward, explaining the system of provincial administration,which seems very effective. He learns also that education of allclasses is compulsory, and that the schools are maintained by taxa-tion, which is remitted in behalf of the poor. We went, this morning, on board a small coasting steamer,which was built in the United States for Japanese owners, and ismanaged exclusively by natives. The gulf of Osaka has pictu- 78 JAPAN, CHINA, AND COCHIN CHINA. resque shores, thickly studded with villages, clustering at the watersedge. The sloping hills are terraced and irrigated, and their sum-mits are planted with forests. The Temple of the Moon, standingon the highest peak of the mountain, reflected the morning sunlight :fe^. TEMPLE AT OSAKA. from gilded roofs, resting on snow-white columns. The moon inJapan is a masculine deity. Is this exceptional idea due to thenative jealousy of the gentle sex \ Or is it owing to the fact that A HAREM ON A PICNIC. 79 it is a mans face and not a womans that is seen in that benignantorb ? Quien sabe ? It is the bar at Osaka which forces the ocean-trade to a harborso distant as Hiogo. Our countryman, Admiral Bell, lost his lifetwo years ago, in sounding it. Our steamer could not cross, thoughdrawing only four feet. Osaka, as early as the sixteenth century, became a great com-mercial city. Its temples, surpassing those of Yeddo in number,vie with those of spiritual Miako. As we approached the bar, wesaw a gay Japanese yacht, of perhaps two hundred and fifty tons,moving slowly out to sea under a light wind. The sails werequaint, like the form of the vessel they impelled, which was brilliantwith scarlet and blue paint and gildi
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