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Although it is more especially an English holiday, foreigners of all nationalities seem to take part in its observance. The weather is perfect, the sky is cloudless, except near the opposite shore of lovely Yokohama Bay; the air is soft and balmy, hardly stirring the waters into a ripple. A little while ago, just before I came in-doors, it was a pretty sight to watch the boats carry the Ameri- can marines and sailors, who assisted in the celebration, back to our vessels of 70 Jottings of Travel... war, the Brooklyn, the Omaha, the Palos, and the Monocacy, all of which are stationed here at present. There are also French, English and Russian frigates, as well as merchant steamers of various nationalities, lying at anchor before the town. When our boys marched past here on their way to the boats it sounded quite natural to hear the band of the Brooklyn play "Marching through Georgia." The melody is not a beautiful one, but it reminded me of home, and was enjoyed the more on that account. I am not in the habit of running to fires in Philadelphia, but I have just witnessed one here, and found much entertainment in the spectacle, although when I got back to the hotel I found that an intaglio that I had worn attached to my watch chain had parted company with me whilst in the crowd.
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