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THE BOY TRAVELLERS.
the wars between Holland and otlier countries, there were several years
together when no ship came. They were permitted to purchase certain
quantities of fresh provisions daily, and when they ran short of needed ar-
ticles they were supplied by the governor of JN^agasaki. But no permission
could be granted to go outside their narrow limits. How they must have
sighed as tliey gazed on the green hills opposite, and with what longing
did they think of a ramble on those grassy or wooded slopes
HOLLANDER AT DESIIKALA AVATCHIKG FOK A SUIP.
The chief use of Deshima, as our friends found it, is to serve as a de-
pository of Japanese wares, and particularly of the kinds for which Naga-
saki is famous. Nagasaki vases and Nagasaki lacquer were in such quan-
tities as to be absolutely bewildering, and for once they found the prices
lower than at Yokohama. They made a few purchases—their final transac-
tions in Japan—and then turned their attention to a stroll through the city.
There was not much to amuse them after their acquaintance with other
cities of Japan, and so they were speedily satisfied. On the hill overlook-
ing the town and harbor they found an old temple of considerable magnitude,
then another, and another, and then tca-luuises almost withoiit num-
ber. In one of the latter they sat and studied the scenery of Nagasaki
until evening, when they returned to the steamer.
Another ramble on shore the following morning, and they left the soil
!