. Niphon and Pe-che-li; or, Two years in Japan and northern China. The Soioonada Seas. 167 From my Diary.—October 24.—Entered tlieSowonada Seas by a narrow passage called So-mara Sami, the banks of which are armed with aformidable-looking battery, completely command-ing the entrance ; but from their being entirelyexposed in rear (there are most convenientlanding-places for an attacking party on thecoast about two miles off), incapable of provinga serious obstacle. Outside, the weather had been boisterous, anda heavy mist hung over the scene ; the contrastwas the more striking, therefore, when,
. Niphon and Pe-che-li; or, Two years in Japan and northern China. The Soioonada Seas. 167 From my Diary.—October 24.—Entered tlieSowonada Seas by a narrow passage called So-mara Sami, the banks of which are armed with aformidable-looking battery, completely command-ing the entrance ; but from their being entirelyexposed in rear (there are most convenientlanding-places for an attacking party on thecoast about two miles off), incapable of provinga serious obstacle. Outside, the weather had been boisterous, anda heavy mist hung over the scene ; the contrastwas the more striking, therefore, when, from thestormy sea, whose waves furiously lashed thewild, rugged coast, we suddenly passed into theunrippled waters, with their quiet green banksand smiling villages, basking amid a rich andunbroken mass of verdure, in the bright morningsunshine. Towards the afternoon, we reached the Bay ofOsahaka (shortly to be opened to European com-merce), and approached sufficiently close to thisJapanese Liverpool, to be able to distinguish thegreat extent of the town,
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