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*It is to be understood, of course, that these ministrations wereintended to be limited to Spaniards resident in Japan. study there, their proficiency,as determined by its examinations, being counted a passport tooffice. REBUILDING OF THE IMPERIAL PALACEIt has already been noted that after the great fire of 1788, theBakufu, acting, of cour Thus, in 1882, Japan obtained recognition of her rightto protect her legation with troops; and, in 1885, a convention,sig

The elevation of an aliendeity to a pedestal above the head of the ancestral Kami seemedspecially shocking to the soldier class. Hideyoshi had already donned the robe and crown mentioned in theabove despatch, his belief being that they represented hisinvestiture as sovereign of Ming. There is reason to believe that the shogun himself knew nothing ofthis ordinance until a multitude of complaints and remonstrancesfound their way, in part, to his ears. had been sent to the bottom by Japanesetorpedoes, and one had met the same fate by gunfire, the remaindersurren