Table of Contents

Preface; 1. First view of Japan; 2. We leave Nagasaki; 3. Town of Kanagawa; 4. Journey from Kanagawa to Yedo; 5. The city of Yedo; 6. The country round Yedo; 7. A journey in search of new plants; 8. Residence of the Abbé Girard; 9. Leave Yedo; 10. Adieu to Yokuhama; 11. Return to Japan; 12. Invitation from the American minister to visit Yedo; 13. Return to Kanagawa; 14. Journey into the country; 15. Assassinations; 16. Climate of Japan; 17. Other productions of Japan; 18. Narrative resumed; 19. Leave Shangae for Peking; 20. The people of Tien-tsin; 21. Leave Tien-tsin for Peking; 22. The streets of Peking; 23. A journey to the mountains; Index.

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A lively and illuminating account of Scottish botanist Robert Fortune's travels through Japan and China, first published in 1863.