CONTENTS

PRINCIPAL DATE

INTRODUCTION 1

I. EARLIEST RECORDS OF THE ISLANDS: THEIR DISCOVERY BY CAPTAlN BEECHEY, H.M.S. BLOSSOM 6

II. NATHANIEL SAVORY AND THE FIRST COLONISTS 14

III. VISIT OF CAPTAlN COLLlNSON, H.M.S.ENTERPRISE, 1851 23

IV. NATHANIEL SAVORY'S GROWlNG INFLUENCE --HIS BUSlNESS CORRESPONDENCE 34

V. LETTERS TO NATHANIEL SAVORY FROM HIS BROTHERS AND SISTERS 49

VI. VISIT OF COMMODORE PERRY, 1853 89

VII. FROM 1853 TO 1861 102

VIII. FROM 1861 TO 1875 118

IX. LAST LETTERS AND PAPERS 127

X. NATHANIEL SAVORY'S WIFE AND FAMILY-- ESTIMATE OF HIS LIFE AND CHARACTER 154

XI. THE ISLANDS PASS UNDER THE GOVERNMENT OF JAPAN 164

SUPPLEMENTARY CHAPTER 172

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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BONIN ISLANDS --THE HARBOUR 20

BONIN ISLANDS --A VIEW OF THE COAST 20

NATIVE'S HOUSE 40

BONIN ISLANDS --POST OFFICE AND MAIN STREET 40

OTOTIJIMA(NORTH ISLAND) --SCHOOLHOUSE 60

CHICHIJIMA --THE JETTY 60

SUGAR CANE 92

BONIN BASKNTS 92

CHICHIJIMA --LANDING PLACE 120

JAPANESE MEN-OF-WAR IN THE BONIN HARBOUR 120

CRUSHING THE SUGAR CANE 156

A SUGAR MILL SHED 156

ST. GEORGE'S CHURCH, BONIN ISLANDS 176