Identifier: narrativeofexped05perr (find matches)
Title: Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China seas and Japan
Year: 1857 (1850s)
Authors: Perry, Matthew Calbraith, 1794-1858 Hawks, Francis L. (Francis Lister), 1798-1866
Subjects: United States Naval Expedition to Japan (1852-1854)
Publisher: New York, D. Appleton and company (etc., etc.)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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arativelyvigorous and spirited people. There are still some of the indigenous race of Ainos existing upon the islandof Yesso, but they are rarely seen in the neighborhood of Hakodadi. Therewas, however, during the expedition sent by the Commodore to VolcanoBay, an opportunity of obtaining a casual glance at these strange people,who are described as being of a stature less than that of Europeans, averag-ing a little over five feet in height, but well proportioned and with intelli-gent features. Their color is quite dark, and their hair black and coarse,which is clipped behind, but allowed to straggle in thick matted locks downin front, in a confused cluster with their long beards, which are never cut orshaven. Their legs are bare of artificial covering, but are grown over witha plentiful crop of coarse hair, which, together with the abundant growthon their heads and faces, has given them the name, by which they are betterknown, of Hairy Kuriles. Their dress was a coarse and ragged blue
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