PART I

CHAPTER PAGE

I. DISCUSSING CURIOUS TRAITS OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN . . 1

II. THE ROAD TO TOKYO . . . . . . . . . 16

III. THE CAPITAL AND COSTUMES . . . . . . . 26

IV. EARTHQUAKES AND BURGLARS . . . . . . . 38

V. INVERSIONS AND THE ORIENTAL MIND . . . . . 48

VI. THE ISLES OF COMPLEXITIES . . . . . . . 63