June 1855 Nakodadi, Japan 262 our ships since in the beach which sur rounds the N. and W. sides of Nakodadi Bay. Salmon abound in their waters, but we were less successful than others and got only two or three small ones. However I got a few fish in the collection, as Rottessa stellata, a Cottus, three large species of crabs and an Echinarachnius In the afternoon I dred- ged in 8f. weedy sand, and gathered numerous small Crustacea etc. 10th Today being Sunday I made no collections, but took a walk ashore, in the principal street of the town, which was upwards of two miles in length when lined with buildings, and extended far along the beach to the westward forming the chief highway into the country. It was filled with trains of horses and cattle, bear- ing goods brought here for export; no carts be- ing made use of. Shops are very numerous and seem to drive a thriving business. Large quantities of dried Salmon, and some skins of toters and deer are exported from this place. The chief imports appear to be rice and sugar. The lacquered ware and fancy articles generally here are not as fine as those seen at Simoda, though this is much the larger June 1855 Nakodadi, Japan 263 town. It is a place of much commerce, and nearly an hundred Japanese vessels of various sizes are lying in the harbor. 11th Cloudy. Today I visited a part of the town inhabited by the fishing population, and got specimens of several marine animals, with some information with regard to the kinds used as food. A large Molotturia, nearly iden- tical in size and general appearance with our Cucumaria frondosa, and a species of Echinus, both dragged up from the bottom of the harbor; are here eaten in large quantities. In the afternoon I visited the Bazaar, which is here held in a temple, and is on a very small scale compared with that at Simoda, and, as at that place, patronised by foreigners only. In the evening I killed a gull in the har- bors, by a lucky shot from a pistol at 200 yds. distance. The shooting of birds and ani- mals" however is not allowed in Japan, as is specified in our Treaty, and this is much to be regretted, as even a small collection of birds from this Island of Tesso, would be most interesting and probably contain novel- ties. This gull, together with a hawk and