April 1855- Loo Choo Loo Choo The next (Sunday) morning I made the acquaint- tance of the Roman Catholic missionaries (Jesuits) three in number, all Frenchmen, - whom we find now to be stationed here. They occupy one of the temples - that near the landing at Tsurei which is enclosed by a wall and was for- merly occupied by Com. Perry. They meet with considerable opposition from the native govern- ment, but still persevere in their Christian mission, and at the same time improve the opportunity of contributing to the advance- ment of Science. They have philosophical instru- ments of various kinds, and pay considerable attention to Natural History. Mr Morton is still here; - he is now suffering from a recent attack of paralysis. 23rd - 26th During our present short stay here I have made several additions to an Loo Choo collection. On the reefs I obtained a few fine Decapod crabs new to me, a singular Doridian, (Hypobronchia, Adams?) with branchia along side of foot as in Chiton, a new Eurylepta etc. In two or three excursions up the country I