Litchfield enquirer., 1866-12-20

are temples and gardens; there is no hous,
 in Japan but has its little garden. Thos'
 of the Princes are large, with ponds, park,
 and fountains These are all over Yedo
 those around the Tycoon's palace bein.
 much larger than in the other parts of tn,
 city.
 The retainers of the Damios are big feel ing fellows, with two swords; both, keen
 as razor one, large and long for killing
 their enemies; the other short to kill them
 selves when they are beaten. These swords are, made of the best steel, and thei1
 owners are very skilful in their use, and moreover they are very bitter against for eigners, especially when they have been
 drinking saki-a liquor made from rice. So many foreigners have been killed that the Japanese Government now furnish guard whenever 8 foreigner goes beyond the Trea. U Limit. No one but the Foreign Minis ters and attaches can reside in Yedo or come up here without pass, and when any foreigner does come up here, the Jap anese provide g guard.
 When we landed at Yokohama, we found in the harbor the.new steamers Hartford, Wachusett and Wyoming. On the 18th, three of us rode mp from Yokohama to Ye- do, to see what was needed at the Amer ican Legation. We came up on horseback, hadten Japanese as guard, armed with swords and also mounted. The main and only road in Japan. which traverses the whole empire, and leads to Yedo, is called the 1ocado. Along this road all the Prin- ces travel when they come to the capital. From Yokohama to Yedo is IS miles. ats continuous row of houses, inter- sRersed with cultivated fields. We found the road crowded with travellers, horses, and trains of coolies. The Japanese use no kind of carriages except cart pushed by hand. You see few horses on the road carrying manure pails. The wall winds along the bay, which is skirted by row of low hills. The fields have no fences, are well cultivated; and we saw rice, cotton, sugar cane, and some corn growing. They could be irrigated if necessary, and we no-
 aced ditches for that purpose, and the rice fields were then overfowed. We found any quantity of tea-houses, where for one cent, we could have cup of tea, and the privi- 1ege of a mat on which to recline and drink 1t. We also found tubs of cool water, and persons offered it to us gratis. We made the IS miles in 4 1-2 hours. Stopped at g tearhouse half way, kept by two girls. The Japanese married women blacken their teeth-unmarried women do not; they have all very long, handsome black hair, which they understand very well how to dress. have seen one or two pretty girls in the street. but the ladies of the Damios and upper clssses, no foreigner is allowed to see. You seldom meet them on the street. and then in Mortimer tightly closed This is a box about the size of a dry goods box carried bya pole running along the top, borns on the shoulders of four bearers, two in front and two behind.
 On the 31st of August the Minister and all hissuite came up here. Wewere escorted by the War ships. Yedo harbof is not deep enough for vessels of % feet draft so we anchored six miles from the city and went ashore in small boats. We made quite an
 imposing procession; first went the Japan Eese Guards, then came the band, playing a march, then forty marines, then the Minis ter and suite, then officers of the ships in uniform. There were three ladies in the party. each in 2 Norimen.
 E Yedo is well situated for defense. The water is not deep enough for boats of any size, while two miles out in the harbor are a row of seven forts, all of stone, and the cannon in them are protected. They com mand the approaches to the city,
 We went to see the Tycoon's Fishing Ponds. They are situated in he Bay and within the city; containing about 5O0acres oi land, laid out in walks, well graveled, with yell Eimed hedges, running through sha- |dylgsoyes, over rustic bridges rooted by tzsiling vines. The ponds are full of fish. Summer houses are scattered over the grounds Under the trees are seats and tho grassis green and closely cut. Many |of the pine hedges sare beautiful and the pine trees so trihmed that they have a |l6und top. In kct the Tycoon Fishing |Pbnds are only 2 large park surrounded by |a high wall on the seaside and hedge of trees towards the city and with thick copses of trees within. MT Burlingame said it
 would compare with any park in Europe.
 , We have been, besides,t to see the Tycoon's
 Cemetery which is also within the ci. ty. We were all surprised at it's extent. Il
 must contain over 1000 acres and is near mile and half square. There is high wooden fence on the outside. Inside, .
 hedge of large trees extends the whole way around 1t We came first to village o' Priests, houses just inside the high fence; there we found small entrance of stone