Identifier: williamhsewardst01sewa (find matches)
Title: William H. Seward's travels around the world
Year: 1873 (1870s)
Authors: Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872 Seward, Olive Risley, 1844-1906
Subjects: Voyages around the world
Publisher: New York, D. Appleton and company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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ely packed with wares. The indifferenceassumed by the merchants would be provoking, if it were not fortheir extreme- politeness. If the buyer means to obtain a fair bar-gain, he must affect equal reserve and indifference. The entirefamily look on, half a dozen men and three or four women busyingthemselves in every sale. Indeed, the house and the shop are one.Four feet square of matting in the centre of the shop is the commondining-room and bedroom. Must they not eat and sleep by turns \ The United States minister was recalled to Yokohama lastnight. Captain Bachelor put the reins of two fine American horsesinto our hands, to drive in a light New-England phaeton down theTokaido to Yokohama. Mr. Eandall conveyed the other ladies in acarriage drawn by Mr. De Longs mottled native ponies. Each car-riage was attended by two hettos, quick-footed boys, whose service isto run like coach-dogs by the side of horse or carriage, warningeverybody out of the way, and they are. ready to seize and hold
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ON THE ROAD TO YOKOHAMA. 67 the horses at every stopping-place, or in any case of alarm. Theroad was literally crowded, and hilarity and merriment displayedthemselves on all sides. The crowds were labyrinthian. Theactivity and songs of the bettos, and the ejaculations and impreca-tions of our mounted guard, with the clangor of their arms, madeour rapid drive a very exciting one, while a bracing air with genialsunshine was exhilarating. But all pleasures have their draw-backs. Neither the bettos nor the dragoons were capable of under-standing our requests or remonstrances. They wanted rest atevery tea-house, or, what was the same thing, they sought favor atthe tea-houses by bringing us up at the doors. The guard dis-mounted, and, with the bettos, took the refreshments profusely of-fered them, while we, though declining any, were obliged to wait.When we had made twelve miles, half the distance to Yokohama,we brought up at a hostelry, with a stable. Our horses were takenout to be fed and

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