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NUMBER SIX.
	Arrival in Japan; Bay of Yeddo; Junks and Fishing Boats; Harbor of Yokohama; No hacks, but fat and jolly porters; A Good European Hotel; Situation of Yokohama; A former American Consul disgraces his country; Bettos or Grooms; Their unique dress; Out for a walk; Japanese Group; How they are dressed; A Paradise of babies; Married Women sacrifice their beauty; A pair of Moos-mies; A Jaconin; Street Performers; Porters and Coolies; “Ohaio and Saionara” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	35–41
NUMBER SEVEN.
	The Shops, and how customers are treated; Very sharp at a bargain; The Currency; Mexican Silver Dollars the standard; Pasteboard money drives out coin; A Financial smash not improbable; Calculating Machines; Chinamen in Yokohama; Statistics of trade with this country; Political sketch of Japan; The Mikado and the Tycoon; A Dual Government; The late Civil War; North against the South; A great mistake; The Mikado triumphs and the Tycoon is deposed; The British Minister omnipotent in Foreign Affairs; Americans can take a back seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	42–49
NUMBER EIGHT.
	An Excursion to Daibutz; Japanese Horses; Country roads and shady lanes; Hedges unrivalled in the world; Everybody in Japan knows “Ohaio”; Large crops with rude implements; Two Trilogies, One poetical and one true; Kamakura and its Temples; Colossal Statue of Buddha; A wonderful work of art; A Sacrilegious Betto; A Japanese dinner; The Original Grecian Bend; The ride back; A Funeral procession; A Pleasant experience leaves a painful impression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	50–55
NUMBER NINE.
	The Leader’s Correspondent in Luck; Interviewing one of the Royal Family; No show for a high private, but a colonel can go in; His High Mightiness good natured and affable; Inquiry after Mr. Emperor President Grant’s Health; A short lesson in History and Geography; Invited to Yeddo; The Officers curious but very courteous; Homage paid to Royalty in Europe as well as Asia; Americans Can’t See It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	56–60
NUMBER TEN.
	Excursion to Yeddo; A Cosmopolitan turnout; The Asiatic has no rights the African is bound to respect; An Undress Uniform; Musicians without melody; Blind Beggars; A State Carriage; Norimons and Cangos; A Traveling Dentist; A Fashionable Tea House; Suggestion to Young Housekeepers; Grimalkin minus the tail; Fancy Pigs; Cheap and primitive clothing; The Unfortunate Mr. Richardson; A Family Moving; Young sprigs of aristocracy; Sinagawa; Inside the Capital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	61–67
NUMBER ELEVEN.
	A Spanish Legend; Wonderful progress in three years; “Foreign Devils” now treated as equals; Curious but respectful; The Mikado’s Castle; A Progressive Ruler and People; Residences of the Daimios; Mount Atango; A Beautiful view; A Doubtful Legend; Frequent fires and no insurance; Temples of Shiva; Cleanliness not reverence required; Catholic or Buddhist; Christian or Pagan; An Enormous Bell; Stone Lanterns; Spirits over the water; Pic-Nic Grounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	68–73