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AN EXCURSION INTO THE INTERIOR
PARTS OF YAMATO PROVINCE.
BY
Capt. St. JOHN, R.N., H.M.S. “Sylvia.”
Read before the Asiatic Society of Japan on the
17th February, 1875.
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Before beginning a short account of an excursion I made in connection with the survey of this part of the coast, I should like, considering the little that is known about the east side of the provinces of Kii, Yamato, and Isé, to draw a slight sketch of the whole coast-line from Oosima, in the extreme south, to Toba in the North.
Oosima, in Lat. 34 27 N., Long. 135.52′ E. with its two excellent lights, one on the East point of the Island, the other on Siwo misaki, the extreme south, and turning point of the Kii peninsula, is now well known to Europeans who have travelled between Yokohama and Kobe. Vessels also coming from Hongkong, or the ports of China, very frequently make Oosima, either by day or night, thanks to the two good lights mentioned.
From Oosima the coast trends N. E. for about 10 miles, to Arundel point, just inside and to the southward of which is an excellent anchorage for small vessels, called Urakami; again immediately round and to the north of the point is another equally good but small harbour, named Katsura. The famed waterfall Natchi no
