491　St. John, Henry Claven　(1837-1909)
Notes and sketches from the wild coasts of Nipon.　1880.

NOTES AND SKETCHES FROM THE WILD COASTS OF NIPON, WITH CHAPTERS ON CRUISING AFTER PIRATES IN CHINESE WATERS, By CAPTAIN H. C. ST. JOHN, R. N.
EDINBURGH: DAVID DOUGLAS, MDCCCLXXX [1880].
xxiii, 392, 20 p., [14] leaves of plates. 22 cm.

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CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I. ROUND YESSO.
Wild Geese—Sea Lions—At Cape Yerimo—Cachalots—Cold and warm Currents—Aino Settlement—At Akishi Bay—Swans—Solitary Aino—Spruce Grouse—Anchorage at Hamanaka—More Ainos—Eagles on Island—Cape Noyshap—Nemero Island—Weather in May and June—Herring—Mode of Fishing—Snipe (Gallinago australis)—Yesso Brown Bear—Inquisitive Crows—Kunashir Island—Grey Plover—Seals—Eagle's nest in Fir-tree—Trees—Albatross—Prevalence of Fogs—A pet Bear on Board—Flowers—Oteranai—Salmon-Fishery on the Iskari—Enormous quantity caught—Average temperature of South-west Coast—Coal—The Ainos—Their Habits and Customs—Wreck of the Eliza Corry—Kinndess of the People.　1-36
CHAPTER II. SEARCH FOR SPIDER-CRAB, THE INLAND SEA REVISITED, OCTOPUS, ETC.
The Inland Sea, a fairy region—Its Islands—The Spider-Crab: its Scarcity—Efforts to procure it—A trip to Enosima—Kamakura and its Temples—A very hot Bath—Arrival at Enosima—Relics of the Crab—Cave—Hot Sulphur Spring—Painted Butterflies—The Crab at last—Octopus—Teredo—Channels leading from the Inland Sea—The Naruta—Difficult Navigation— You never went so fast in a Ship before—The Captain of the Mail Steamer— The Recommendation' removed—Deer and Ponies—Awadji Island—Plants and Fungi—Soza-Sima, the largest island—A favourite place for Deer-stalking—The French Gun-boat— Gros Monkeys—Seldom molested—Japanese Beaters—A good Stag—A miss— Such things will happen—Effects of Slug—An Afternoon Stalk—Deer going down stream—Dog and Deer—A good Head—Inland Sea in May—Harvesting Operations—Flowers and Trees—A slice of hill swept away by water—The Bingo Nada—An Island Deer-Preserve cleared—Hime Sima—Straits of Simonosaki—Obliging our Neighbour—Our Squadron in the Straits—The Street of Simonosaki—Gardens—Houses— Candlemaking—Trade—Rice cultivation—Snakes and Frogs—Hirado—A cover for Deer—A grand sight.　37-63
CHAPTER III. CURRENTS AND TYPHOONS.
The Kuro Siwo or Black Stream—Course of the Warm Currents—Climate of South-East Nipon—In the North—Erratic movements of Kuro Siwo—Its effects upon Navigation before Lighthouses were erected—Excellence of the Light-house Department—The cold Current—Its Course—Colour and Temperature—Meeting of the cold and warm Currents—Missing the port—Where could the place be?—A Dilemma—A chase, and capture of a Pilot—Forty miles south of our Reckoning—Now easily accounted for—The Cold Current rich in animal life—Probable bifurcation of the Great Arctic Current—A pleasant change from the Mackau Group—From the Kuril Islands to the Coast of Korea—Comparatively new ground for Dredging—Overfalls and Tide-rips—An excited Captain—Course of Typhoons in Japanese waters—Effects on the Kii Peninsula—Body of the Storm follows the stream—Typhoons easily foretold—The Barometer—Other warnings—If Port cannot be reached, get well away from coast—A good ship badly managed—Storms frequently travel in pairs—A Beach after a Storm—The vitreous Sponge—The Camilla lost in a Typhoon—Dangerous in running before the wind—Sailing in a circle—Average speed of the Storm—A friendly Typhoon—Probable thickness—Horizontal diameter of a Cyclone.　64-80
CHAPTER IV. DEER-SHOOTING AND OTHER MATTERS.
Cervus Sika abundant in North and South—Grasses—Size of Antlers—Hunters' mode of luring—Damage done by the Deer—The Hunter of the Old School and of the New—King-kosan—Shrine—The Modern Priest—Deer plentiful—Best mode of working the Coverts—A Day's Sport among the Kobe Hills—Pheasants—Deer—Various kinds of Trees—Keenness of Spaniel after Deer—Hind and Fawn—Native Dogs—Keenness of Scent—Their Silence and Tenacity—Terror of Deer—Swimming Powers of Deer—Wild Boar and Badger—The Japanese Fox—The tables turned—The Nigou—Difficult to find—Horns generally broken—Young Nigou captured—Its Fierceness—A true Antelope—Birds—White-tailed, white-headed Eagle—Falcon and Snipe—Water-Ouzel—House-Martin—Sparrow—Lark—Crow—Its Familiarity—Wildness of Birds outside the Town—Arctic Goose—Mandarin Ducks—Harlequin Garrot—Robin—Bullfinch and Wren—Blue Crane—Kingfisher—Pheasants—Pigeon—Gulls—Finches.　81-108
CHAPTER V. A WALK IN KIUSIU.
Morning in the Village—Snakes—Cottage in the Valley—Trouts in the Well—The Maiden—Green Pheasants and Pigeons—Butterflies and Flowers—Bewildered Hare—Trout Stream—Large Camphor Tree—Mulberry Shrubs—Wax Tree—Adders—White Storks—Comfort—Swallows and Tomtits— Pack-bullocks and Ponies—An unlucky spill—Sulphur Bath—Pines—Resin-collecting—Girls early set to work—The Red Bird— Alcedo—Evening—A Fisherman at work.　109-122
CHAPTER VI. THE KII COAST.
The Kii Coast—Its Extent and Character—Towns and Villages—Whaling—Mode of Capture—Whale's Flesh as Food—Katzura Mineral springs: extremely efficacious—Marvellous Cure—Katzura Waterfall—Cedar and Camphor Avenue—Matoya Harbour—Wonderful locality for Game—Ospreys—Their mode of carrying Fish—Edible Seaweed—Women Divers—Winter Months on the Kii Coast—Earthquakes—Mountains—Odai Yama—Wild Boar and Deer—Excursion to Odai Yama—Character of the Ascent—First night's halt—A good Trout stream—The Honey-bee—A nice Bath-house—Second day and Third day—Bear and Nigou—Beautiful View—Charm of Atmosphere—Puzzled Wolf—Oaks and Chestnuts—Four days' Observations—Birds and Beasts on the Mountains—Courtesy of the People—Temples—Beauty of the Miniature Gardens—Houses of the poor invariably clean—Children's Games—Baby Nurses—Baby Mortality—The strong ones survive—A young Smoker—Effects of Civilisation—Gentle Manners of the Natives disappear under the bad influence of Western Nations—Missionaries—Roman Catholics and Protestants—Forests of the Kii Coast—One species of Deer—Four kinds of Snipe—Pheasants—Osprey—Falcon and Sea Eagle—Sheep—Kindly act.　123-149
CHAPTER VII. INSECTS.
Insects—Little Blood-suckers—A troublesome Fly—Spider's Web—Hornets and their Nests—Centipedes—Mosquitoes—Horse-Fly—Ant-Lion—Pit, and mode of capturing his prey—Tree Frog—Salamander—Fossil Elephant's Tooth.　150-159
CHAPTER VIII. SHOOTING, ETC.
A day's sport in Yesso—Bamboo Grass—Good Cover for Big Game—Can it be a Bear?—Waiting for Duck—Otter attacking Retriever—Twilight—Flight of Birds—A white patch on the Muzzle—Wood Grouse—A good country for Black Cock and Capercailzie—Dense Brake-fern covers—Watch-houses—Wild Boar—Damage done to crops—Savage native Ponies.　160-170
CHAPTER IX. SINGING-BIRDS AND FLOWERS, ETC.
A Proverb—Singing Birds in the Goto Islands—Warblers—Hedge Sparrow—Scarcity of Song-Birds—Pursuit of a Bear—Pursuit of a Bear interrupted by the Queen of the Primroses—Lily of the Valley—Magnolia-tree—Beautiful White Lily—Jasmine—Lotos—Camellia-trees—Grafting—Violets—Miniature Gardens—Chrysanthemums—Fruits—Women—Stature of the race.　171-182
CHAPTER X. JAPANESE CUSTOMS AND HABITS, ETC.
The Japanese an unromantic people—A solitary exception—Marriage Ceremony—Polygamy—Truthfulness—Kindness—Domestic Animals—Treatment of Children—The Governor's Present—Whale's flesh—A delicate Pickle—Buddhist Temple—Shintoism—Yamato—Professional singing-girls—Opposite ways of doing things: Sandpaper and Saws—Open-air Toilets—Baths—Hairdressing—Cleanliness—Games—Archery—Tobacco—Tea—Love of Art—Education—Toys and Fish—Duck-hunting.　183-201
CHAPTER XI. PAST AND PRESENT.
Harbour Regulations in 1855—Action at Kagosima—A Friend in need—A consultation in the cabin—A run down the coast—An honest Landlady—English Books and European Fashions—Kindness of the country people—Taxing in kind and taxing in money—The great Nobles' change of life—Their slavish imitation of European costume—The Empress—Entertainment given by the Prince of Kii—A Day's Shooting in a Preserve—Courtesy and Manner of the People—Bathing Arrangements—Natives—Corrupted by Foreigners—Picnics—Tea-houses—Fare—Quarrels—Burials and Burial-places—Feasts—Population—Mortality—No Lunatic Asylums nor Poor-houses—Diseases—Endurance—Children—Reservoirs—Houses—Domestic Fowls—Moderation—Sobriety—A jovial Priest—Missions and Missionaries—The Romish Priest—Protestant Missionaries—Drunkenness and Civilisation—Evil effects of European example.　202-234
CHAPTER XII. KOREA.
Korea, Russian—An inhospitable reception—The Sylvia sent to the Korea—Chosan—A couple of hours' sport—A new bay—An official visit—Surveying under difficulties—A missing Boat—An effective interruption to the Survey—The return of the Boat, and return to Head-quarters—Re-ordered to Korea—The South-west Corner—Surveying under Arms—A polite old Man—A native House—Absence of Temples, etc.—Women—Roughness of the People—Mackau Islands—Scarcity of animal life—Seals at sea and Rats on shore—The Inhabitants, Cattle, Harbour, and Coasts—Goto Islands—An old Christian Colony—A legendary submerged Island—Goatsucker—Swifts—Japanese Nightingale—Nosaki Sima—Difficulty in obtaining Quarters—The obliging Widow.　235-255
CHAPTER XIII. EXTRACTS FROM JOURNAL.
Kobe—New Year's day—Sozu Sima Peak—Akashi—Tango Sango—Kobe— The Bear is in your cabin, Sir—Ape-Foot-marks—Spring—Larks—Mallard and Teal—Violets—Ospreys—Thrush—Woodcock—Bay-tree—Oosima—Awasi Bay—Honest Woman—Osprey's Nest and Eggs—Crested Seal—Taskara Ura—People very poor—Snipe and Mallard—Colony for Vegetables—Buddhist Temples—Toba—Heronry—Ominato—Great Elm-tree—Rich Plain—Number of Osprey Nests—Turtle—Sudden Dip—Barley—Wheat—Rice—Gulls—Brown Corvus Japonicus—Women Divers—Spider-crab—Simonosaki—Yayo Sima Rice-fields—Sandpipers—Pheasants—Plovers—Women and girls on the rocks—Seagulls, etc.—Tsu Sima—Scarlet Kingfisher—Korean Books and People—Inquisitive Crows—Heron—Eagle—Crichton Harbour—Goto Isles—Simonosaki—Rice Junks—Hirosima—Deer Preserve—Wild Boar—Bullfinch—Moon Temple—A Large Deer—Bamboo Plantations—Matoya—Toba—Handicapped tidewatcher.　256-277
CHAPTER XIV. CRUISING AFTER PIRATES.
Coast Line in 1864—Hainan—A passage to Swatow interrupted—Eighty-two Passengers and Crew flung overboard—A Boy saved—The Pirates arrested—A narrow Escape—Raising a Blockade—A Capture—The Governor and the Pirates—Tender Mercies—Laughable Incident—Junks and Pirates handed over—Mode of Decapitation—A favourite haunt of Pirates—A Missionary Priest—An uncomfortable Neighbour—An Ambush—A Bag of Game—A Silent Village—The Tiger's Promenade—News—Under weigh—The Creek—A Trap and a lucky Escape—A Charge, and the scuffle well over—A Clipper Tea-ship in danger—On the track—An honest of a pirate Junk? A Capture and Disappointment—Suspected Bribery—Tienpak—A luxurious Mandarin— Would you like to have us on board the Gun-boat?—To Nowchow and Hainan—A tiger's footprint—Every Bullet, etc.　278-302
CHAPTER XV. SHOOTING IN CHINA.
Sou-chow Creek—Pheasants in Streams, and Snipe in every Swamp—A good load for a Blue-jacket—Cormorant-fishing—Game sent from China to Japan—An Admiral's Sport—Snipe-shooting—An old Sportsman—Orange-legged Partridge—A Sporting Expedition—Friend or Foe !— Gipsy, ahoy!—Frog-fishing—Shooting on the Canton River—A tempting bit of Mud—Some disagreeables of Chinese Shooting-grounds.　303-320
CHAPTER XVI. MORE CRUISING AFTER PIRATES.
Brigantine attacked—Abduction of three Girls—Tooni-ang—The Headmen made responsible—The judicious effect of the Rope—The Girls rescued—The New Year— Puckshui—Fifteen Junks—A hasty Retreat—Unexpected relief—Charging a Battery—A fresh Fleet—Friends—The Mandarin's Force, and how it fared—Macao to Puckshui—Grounded—A coming Storm—Running before the Breeze—The last Shot—A Capture—Quang-tung Province—Difficulties in sailing among the Islands—Anchored during a Typhoon—Driving on the Rocks—The Gun-boat moves up to her anchors— The Mother of Winds—How the Chinese know of its approach—Xavier's Tombstone.　321-340
CHAPTER XVII. THE SAME, AND A FEW INCIDENTS WHICH HAPPENED IN THE LAST CHINA WAR.
Threats from Puckshui and punishments—A great Expedition, and how they managed it—A Charge by a Marine and a Blue-jacket—Why Piracy is practised with impunity—An East Coast Cruise—A successful Ruse—Chinamen no cowards—Female Children exposed—A Ship's pet—Guns and Junks taken during twenty months' time—Regulations at Hong-Kong—Some Incidents of the War of 1856-58—An exciting Trip between Hong-Kong and Canton—A plucky Captain—War Junks in pursuit—Twenty minutes under fire, and well peppered—The Skipper's wrath, and my own Captain's fears.　341-361
CHAPTER XVIII. RESUME.　362-384
APPENDIX.
The Fauna of Japan.　387
List of Birds.　388

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記載書誌
WENCKSTERN I, p. 49. CORDIER, col. 699. TOYO BUNKO, p. 42. NIPPONALIA I, 2074. BLUM II, 2178. YOKOYAMA, 115.