Japan and the Japanese

THE ENGLISH AT FIRANDO. 163
the north, and the boatmen coming on board began to assist in work-
ing the vessel, showing themselves not less handy than the sailors.
English
No sooner had the ship anchored off Firando, than she was visited
by the king or hereditary governor of that island, by name
Foyne-Sama, the same who had shown so much favor to the
Dutch, upward of seventy years old, attended by his nephew or
grandchild, a young man of two-and-twenty, who governed under
him. They came with forty boats or galleys, with from ten to fif-
teen oars a side; but on approaching the vessel, all fell back, except
the two which carried the princes, who came on board unattended,
except by a single person each. They were bareheaded and bare-
the fore-part of their heads
legged, wearing shoes, but no stockings ;
shaven to the crown, and their hair behind, which was very long,
gathered up into a knot. They were clad in shirts and breeches,
over which was a silk gown girt to them, with two swords of the
country at their side, one half a yard in length, the other half as
long. Their manner of salutation was to put off their shoes, and
then stooping, with their right hand in their left, and both against
their knees, to approach with small sidling steps, slightly moving
their hands at the same time, and crying Augh ! Atiyh !
Captain Saris conducted them to his cabin, where he had a banquet
spread, and a concert of music, with which they seemed much
delighted. The old king received with much joy a letter from the
king of England, but put off reading it till " Autje "
(or, according
to Adams' way of writing it, Anyiu*) should come that word
being the Japanese for pilot, and the name by which Adams was
known, to whom, then at Jedo, letters were sent the same night,
as also to the emperor.
As soon as the king had gone on shore, all his principal people,
attended by a multitude of soldiers, entered the ship, each man of
consequence bringing a present of venison, wild boar, large and
fat wild fowl, fruits, fish, &c. ; but as the crowd proved troublesome,
king Foyne pent an officer en board to keep order and prevent mischief
The next day came some three-score great boats or galleys.
* " I am called in the Japanese tongue AXGIU SAMA. By that name am I
known all the coast along." Letters of Jldams, Jan. 12, 1014.