The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1872-02-10

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deep, md entirely lahd locked. In plain
sight, and about thirty miles distant, is
u grand volcanic mountain, which emits
smoke and steam, but has not been 9TH
erwise active for many years. The
principal trade of this port is in sea.
weed, fish, oil, decrs' horns, hides and
turs, salmon, cod and herring. Hardly
is the Traveller outside of the limits of
Ilakodadi when he reaches a beautiful
and highly fertile farming country,
dotted with villages. Fine orchards of
pears, apples, and groves of chestnut
and walnut trees, aud gardens filed with
all kinds of vegetables, and also mrbcr-
ry groves with silk worm culture going
on, delight the eye. Here, and in sight
almost Of Hakodadi, is farm that a
foreigner leased from the so called rebel
authorities. He prepared TO cultivate
it according to European IDEAS, but the
japanese Govcrnment-in fear that
foreigners wo Id claim similar priv;le
ges which they could not well refuse, as
long as they allowed this man to occupy
his farm, which would have the effect
OF opening the island to foreign settle
ment, and also out of Il desire to get rid
of ali titles derived from the now de
inuct or rebel Government, bought off
the would be farmer, submitting to most
terrible cxtortiou to be ril of hun.
a SURPRISE.
We had expected to enter country
like the portions OF Niphon we had pre-
viously visitcl-its valleys all rice fields.
aud its Kills clothed with pine and bam-
boo. Our surprise and pleasure, ther
fore, were very yreat to fad that here, In
the most secluded corner 6! Japan, We
were in a country which in all it, pro.
ductions seemed n cnunterpart OF the
Northern States of America, The for
ests, when we reached lhcm, proved to
lssa asas,ah' H. il i--s-I-.4...ss;
as asi,, oak. aaplc, hickory, beech, chest
nut, horse chesnu., birch, &c, with
dense growth of broadleaved scrub
bamboo, winch forms 4 splendid cover
for game, aud, judi sing from the way N
which our hmscs eagerly ate its broad
leaves, q most delicions rasturage Tor
AS we left this line oi little
villages ard llakodadi behind us, we
entered and crossed IL mountain range,
threaded solely by this one .,l, mere
bride path, with habita,ions 50 scarce
that we woull ride for miles af' II icAv.
another, all of which were country inns
Bright, sparkling streams Of water were
constant ly crossed, and in all of these
we saw myria,ls OF trout and other fish
Up from our path, almost continuously.
arose partridge, quail and pigeons. Wild
covered with ripe grapes,
hung on every side, together with anoth-
er vine resembling the grape, aud bear
ing n somewhat similar but larser fruit
The ches: nut aud oak trees were filed
with nuts and acorns, and che whole
country was in as wild condition as i,
is possible to imagine.
OUR CANALCADE.
AS we threaded our way througl
these forests, our train appeared novel
amd interesting. Preceding US was our
escort of six soldiers, armed with Spcn.
Ger carbncs, the leader OF the file car
rying the American flag on Japanese
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of the escort, including native inter
prctcr-thcn the six tourists seven in
GLIDING your correspomIcnt-siX srr,
wants, and Il baggage train. Nj of u>
were mounted on wlry litile native he,
scs but half broken, and that half the
worst half of the two. Thus We pro