, 1863-06-11
LECTURE nY DH, mACGowAN.
SL1fe in .Jap&n.ss

the occasion Of Dr.. Macgowan's lecture upo
.Jcn,n hefore the Younp mems cb-;s4,,,, 4,
eoa,,+;nn The 1ectnrer sno1-o .,t>.t..e.s.~.- -
so.ia1on: ePoAo e"psIautauy
ofintcrpreter between the merchants and til
natives Wns IN great reonesf and ha f,r,d :,
=. eaer,,aa -, k;-...,r ~ 40 Aoun0 u
- A41sea' oo'o uselat and proh'
| aple' nc WIS subject to good deal Of au
| noyance By their hatred TO certain Eproneon
and he was confoun1ed win then, h1 ~, ~
| ;nd;sc,,,o,nato 1a-s "- tnem ~ ~
| tau1esi!nl1oa'e Gaps dence on one occasion
| he got beyond the bounds and was stoned
At another time he was xrec1-e5 and ,,w.7
treatcd s,,nn1r ba enn,osaa ,,sea,.a;" 49, 49,
' saNsI,a4-. s1! ~ s1pp1aeu' oeeuse EURO
pcans were not generally KNOWN on the coast
He was desirous to test the feelings Of the
people respecting Christianity. and he fonnd
1h,t IN the3r eatI,nat7on - 80 ,,.a. -. -,
s' - SN"..1. ~. - A'no oeeA 'tleo
Ano Aoanu "aAtlne' 1ms, however, was
mora the fault OF the introducers Of the reli-
gion than Of the religion itself, md he had
good hope yet that the Japanese would be
from Shanghai to Japa1, and found the N1phon.
csc curionsly instructed people. he pro-
duced the first and only map, SO far
as ne was aware of which Ind ever
le1t Inc e!and- IN the voyage, he made trial
OF ne water to see # the great stream wash
ne Islands, The climate Of Japan Is not un-
IKE ti1at OF England, md is caused By the
great stream of warm Wnter which he had
1asi spoken , O., ana was sort Of counterpart
70 tne great dnii stream; Inc Japanese had,
, ginee me asqniskan,Gn Of the Amo9r region by
nussM, ceaE1 ~ Inc lsana o1 oagnalien TO the
huesans. Inc Loo Choo islands were sep
aIate hinsoom, ana Nn1lst glTlng IN account
OF tne isNuus con1lGuons toJapan proper, he
nameu 33eS one GIoup 70 Mnicn me prisoners we're
gan1s4eo %ao mo s1olatea Inc Laws: The
Japs, ne sac, were very thln-6ktnned peo-
ior what anybody said about them, differing
N tals malleI rom ine Gnlnese, VINO had
supreme contempt for al the world.
Inc Japs conlo mol get 70 sea IN their boats
Withoot lonnoef,ng, on account Of their bad
cons1tucuon;,, ana YET they are fishermen.
Bedford man. They do the business,
however from the shore, all the tack
~ belng arranged there in curious order.
Approaching The shore 1t looks like an unin-
hablted island. The people are Invisible, and
make no unnecessary display Of themselves
arose from the fact that the Law prohibits an
unlicensed Intercourse with foreig igncrs. They
are not allowed to visit a ship-aud upon an
occasion named BY the lecturer, a japanese
boat got ont to sea and would hare been lost
with all hands, if it had not been for the
when the chances Of life were offered
them by this fortunate arrival the ship, they
all refused TO be saved except two, because
their Laws forbade them to tread the planks Of
foreign vessel
Most Of the Islands were volcanic, and were
very rarely at rest. A curious phenomenon
had been discovered in these regions, namely,
that the magnetic Influence Of the earth was
suspended Just before the ontburst of a yol-
cano, and the Japs had invented IN instru.
ment, based upon this knowledge, by which
abel was rung the moment the electric influ-
ence ceased; and thus the inhabitants were
warned in time, Of the approaching earth.
| quake, and escaped from their houses.
Speaking Of bays, be said, New York
Bay was not the most beautiful in the world,
nor even that Of Naples, which he had seen :
| but the wonderfully beautiful Bar Of Yeddo.
gions, were terribly Injurious. A French shin
was sucked down seven times dn ring ona ri
them. It was rumored and belfered in these
pats, and even recorded on their maps, that
eruptions. The scisntitic INK inycst;aator rAe5. eT.
peeled to find great tidal IRREGULARITIES in thosc
teas, and II was known that but one tfde in
twcnty.four hours had taken nlace on one o1
these occasions. But there seemed to be no
~ aerr tha " tae fae+ 'e7' no'nio
vn1ca,.in ~ ,~s,c;os +ho co,,sa of,,,t
! ,--sn.,1ar;tf. "et@ LIZ eS't's " '141 tae'e
A:rE TEf,'' a!at.,.e. na.t,,a:,o, -
,eias. - ~ ~ oaaau9 ploouee1 stea'
m @ eaJa s;nai.r .ns aast Is wsm kn9Tn |;
nGisnn dnr;ra +ha a asr,hena'. eh. oecuFieo @ n
E%ug.sna % unalng tne eallaIuake AZ LISBON,
aa ea0 ae ea ~aess ~. W TX Nornstn 1sl3nus wen
t 49, % s. gu. sis.. ~ -. Mucn "as hno"n o.
sh,a gy " .nan, % LUZ u US oi remark 2a;
~, rae~.nt;nn ~ = hx;ns;. 4eas., Soaug
bndr ~ III faciek ora 4, ni9s ~ & aueIns ~ ~ gfa'
eSn11er ~ tha c1nntrT II ahnnnIa ~ ~ IT, [lni
ga ~ 1.s e.,n r1, J. i. aoouaoeu u Eolu
a-cha1ta u x,a tn1 ~. Lnsm al ~ aau aals.Ga1
iaa5 -. -, .,t ~. ] aons ~: anu LIEU
- Gonus NY ~ .Ie s1eo esy hn o. LUG eonn
n5truents and imulements @ Of ali sols soTpge Tega
pihen.y }has sts Us 1nret n q .ac s.stea Some
" tngss mels Mlnpgae .35 IN aomifaole oeslgns
"no 81 ~ ~ sieat sa4 sAlu.
the connfrr o ~ X. Pacic teada Wall naa3 ~
It was mol 1t q GOOD Kind Int nsefnI tor nsr.
igation purposes.
Having given, he said, the bone work OF
| the country, he would proceed to speak Of its
The country is vide and the climate diver.
| elfed, presenting tho extremes Of cold and
heat. In some parts the Flora was like that
Of the Eastern States. Speaking Of @he hab.
] ite and nanners Of the people. &c eaid thcv
~es .-...ie. <-f -s..-stv11: nr5r. uuuy squat:
ted-'hc tailor at his pants, the carpenter ut
MS planning and hammering; theschoolmastcr
g9oats: md tue children squat around him.
rectly onrosifc Ia rat emn1oved hr H." Hnrn ~
| penn taiors. lie docs not put his goose into
IF tnnrr ~ not ,1,a rnh+ 1.,d h,,t ~ ~
ccntlcnnn ;s ;nf+6dnc.d % ~ ~ =, ~ Tbns ..,s
Smith Int as Smith Thnnas ~, - III pat.s
howarar ,ras ziT1aa[ -,..o,,,1,o,t;na7 ~.
aSsaet e. va -. ~. paIGatuetcal lMk- uls
o1}ect was 10 get a complete list and exam
H., 1anpt;, nT $4,000 @ s,9 Io"sss. ec, lns
proposed coInmfssion Of this sort tn ia
Ethnologica. Society ot New York. He pro.
aacso sesEraa fa e1ahpies o. plants and trees
Fl most ra1na ~ 3t;s s.annt,v it, ,'Ihar nuItu ue