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... curious " White - barked Pine " of that country . Having thus given an outline of what may be expected in this narrative of my journey to the capitals of Zipangu and Cathay , I have only to solicit the kindness and indulgence of my ...
... curious " White - barked Pine " of that country . Having thus given an outline of what may be expected in this narrative of my journey to the capitals of Zipangu and Cathay , I have only to solicit the kindness and indulgence of my ...
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Robert Fortune. CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. - First view of Japan - Curious islands- Papenberg Massacre of Christians Visit from the officials Harbour of Nagasaki Desima of old - Desima of the present day - - Japanese factory - Town of ...
Robert Fortune. CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. - First view of Japan - Curious islands- Papenberg Massacre of Christians Visit from the officials Harbour of Nagasaki Desima of old - Desima of the present day - - Japanese factory - Town of ...
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... Curious scene in the temple - Earthquakes - Their frequency How they are dreaded by the natives Straw shoes of men and horses - - .. Page 120 Leave Yedo · CHAPTER IX . - Mendicant nuns Place of execution - Its appearance in the days of ...
... Curious scene in the temple - Earthquakes - Their frequency How they are dreaded by the natives Straw shoes of men and horses - - .. Page 120 Leave Yedo · CHAPTER IX . - Mendicant nuns Place of execution - Its appearance in the days of ...
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... Curious mode of catching fish - Visit Kanagawa - Agriculture in spring - Paddy cultivation Mode of manuring the land Winter crops nearly ripe - Trees and flowers- " The Queen of the Primroses " - CHAPTER XII . - - Page 171 Invitation ...
... Curious mode of catching fish - Visit Kanagawa - Agriculture in spring - Paddy cultivation Mode of manuring the land Winter crops nearly ripe - Trees and flowers- " The Queen of the Primroses " - CHAPTER XII . - - Page 171 Invitation ...
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... Curious mode of harvesting - Summer crops on dry land ― - Manures Crops requiring irrigation Other crops Animals few in number seasons - - -- Mode of planting — Cultivation of rice Waste lands - Crops and 264 CHAPTER XVII . Other ...
... Curious mode of harvesting - Summer crops on dry land ― - Manures Crops requiring irrigation Other crops Animals few in number seasons - - -- Mode of planting — Cultivation of rice Waste lands - Crops and 264 CHAPTER XVII . Other ...
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Alcock already amongst appearance arrived Aucuba beautiful bloom Buddhist capital CHAP China Chinese collection colour covered crops crowd cultivation curious Daimios Damaster doubt Emperor England English Europe Fcap feet flowers foreign gale gardens Government ground hill-sides hills Hiogo History horses houses Imperial highway Inland Sea islands Japan Japanese japonica journey Kamakura Kanagawa kind ladies land leaves Legation look Majesty's Mikado miles Minister morning mountains Nagasaki natives night Nipon noticed observed Osaca passed Pei-ho Peking Pinus Massoniana plants port Portrait Post 8vo present pretty priests Prince remarkable residence rice valleys road saki scene scenery Second Edition seen Shanghae ship shops shores shrubs side species strait streets suburbs tea-houses temple Third Edition Thousand Thujopsis dolabrata Tien-tsin tion town trade travellers treaty trees Tycoon valleys variegated villages Vols Weigela winter Woodcuts woods yakoneens Yedo Yokuhama СНАР
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