CHAPTER XII.

My first Walk in Japan--A Paradise after China--Clean Streets--Clean Houses--Hard Beds--Policemen--A Temple--Queer Worship--Chanting and Drumming--The exhorting Gong--English much goodee--Kanagawa--Hospitable Population--The Baths and Dress--On Shore at Yeddo--The Tycoon’s Palace--Water-Nymphs--Sandalled Horses--Bakers--Cheap Fare and Fruit--Hakodadi--Stoned Roofs--Fish caught by Noise--Huckster-boats--Custom-house Officers--The Governor’s Visit--The State Barge--A Party for the Burial-ground--The Sacred Fire--The ancient Fireman--Pack-horses--A grateful Kiss--Flagstaff and Salute 175