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TOPOGEAPHY OP NIP-PON. 42 1
Tesasi, on the west coast of Yeso, is also a large town ; but Matumai, or Fuku-yama,
the southernmost town in the isknd at the western entrance of Tsugar Strait, has
lost much of the importance it possessed in the old feudal times, when it was' the
residence of a native prince.
The anchorage is bad, especially during the southern
winds, and it has been deprived of the commercial advantages now transferred by
the treaties to Hakodate.
TOPOGRAPHY OF NIP-PON.
Lying beyond the rice zone, the northern extremity of Hondo is but thinly
peopled, no numerous communities occurring till we reach the valley
Fig 196. NlHI-OATA AND SADO IM.AM..
Scale 1 : 1,400,000.
Oto32Feet 82 to 160 Feet. 160 to 320 Feet. 920 to 6 10 Feet. 640 Feet and upwards.
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of the
Kitakami River. Avomori (Aomorfy, on the south side of the large inlet opening
towards Tsu^-ar Strait, derives some importance from the movement of passengers
who embark here for Hakodate. A larger place is IHro&aki, formerly capital
of a
vast principality. But no other large town is met till we reach Kulata or Akita,