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silver, tin, draft men, honey. 8. Oki (four districts); tliis province consists
of two large isles, of the same name, the one called the hither, the other tin
hinder ; it has no cities, only small towns and villages ; productions, cloih
and sea-fish.
VI. Sauyodo, or way of the southern side of the mountains, has eight ,
provinces :
1. Farima (twelve districts); cities, Fi'medzi, Akazi, Ako, Tatsfu ; pro-
ductions, fish, sheli-fish, salt, saddles, leather, looking-glasses, kettles, steel,
cast-iron, a kind of very viscous rice, which is used to distil excellent saki.
2. Miinasaka (seven districts) ; citie^ Tsuyania, Katsu-yania ; produc-
tions, saltpetre, stones for grinding ink. 3. Bizen (eight districts); capital,
Oka-y.-una
; productions, large cuttle-fishes, sea-fish, mosses, porcelain, edi-
ble marine herbs. 4. Bitsiu (nine districts) ; capital, Matsu-yama ; productions,
paper of various kinds and colors, pears, lacker, iron. 5. Bingo
(fourteen districts) ; capital, Fuku-yama ; productions, silk fabrics, suimnerhats,
rock-spari and other sea-fish. 6. Aki (eight districts) ; capital, Firosima
; productions, paper, baskets, saltpetre, rock-crystal, dried figs, mal-
lows, fish. 7. Suwo (six districts); cities, Tok-yama, Fook-yama ; produc-
tions, paper, red color, cloths, edible bamboo. 8. Nagata (six districts);
cities, Faki, Tsio-fu, Fu-uaka ; productions, porcelain, green color, fish,
Btones to grind ink, lime, shell-fish, models.
VII. Nankaydo, or southern way of the sea, contains six provinces :
1. Kiy (seven districts); cities, Waka-yama, Tona-be, Sinmiya (with
celebrated temple, dedicated to the god of physic, surrounded with several
others); productions, medicinal plants, oranges, various kinds of wine, soles,
mallows, shell-fish, whales, carp, oysters, pulse, and edible plants, melons,
honey, vegetable glue, mosses, chestnuts, timber, ink, wooden bowls, paper
to make parasols, bows, jewelry articles, draftmen, grindstones. '2. Awasi
(two districts); capital of this isle, Sumoto or Smoto ; fish, stones of different
colors, tree cotton. 3. Awa (nine districts); capital, Toksima ; produc-
tions, oysters, precious stones of a blue color (lapis lazuli?), cloths, firewood,
flints. 4. Sanuki (eleven districts); cities, Take-mats, Marukameh
; productions, fish, oysters and other shell-fish, sea-crabs. 5. lyo
(fourteen districts); cities, Matsu-yama, Uwa-yama, Imobari, Sayzio, Ko-
m-it-, Daisu, Dago ; productions, pulse, fish, edible marine herbs, paper,
hawks, mats, cloths. G. Tusa (seven districts); capital, Kotsi ; produc-
tions, trained horses, monkeys, salted fish, shell-fish, cloths, pnper, ink,
baskets, honey, hemp, timber. J\~ulf. The provinces of Awa, Sanuki, lyo,
and Tusa, belong to the island called Sikokf ; that is, " of the four
provinces."
VIII. Stiyknydo, or western way of the sea, comprehends nine provinces
of the large island of Kiusiu, formerly also called Tsin-sae-fu, or " the west-
ern military government " :
1. Tsikoozen (fifteen districts); cities, Fookoo-oka, Akitsuki ; productions,
silk manufactures like the Chinese, saki, fish, wild geese, cast-iron