stones thrown of the land often. The northern amid green islands from narrow passages to wide expanses of water. Villages could be seen on some island, a cultivated prop. In places. Some of the islets were far apart in square fields two or three peaked summits but many were covered by bushes, grass, or fruit trees. No great birds were seen, at the port of Kobe were many brown hites, howling about the harbour like gulls that I've had to do with the Egyptian tiles in Africa. This is the only bird of prey I have seen here. The first part of the trip west out of Kobe was amid many canpans with their fore and aft sails brooked by bamboo poles. Many were loaded & sailing for