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Chapter 22

           Hefelltoatmealswithanappetite,andateforMr.Fogg,Aouda,andhimself.HehelpedhimselfasgenerouslyasifJapanwereadesert,wherenothingtoeatwastobelookedfor.

           Atdawnonthe13ththeCarnaticenteredtheportofYokohama.ThisisanimportantportofcallinthePacific,whereallthemail-steamers,andthosecarryingtravellersbetweenNorthAmerica,China,Japan,andtheOrientalislandsputin.ItissituatedinthebayofYeddo,andatbutashortdistancefromthatsecondcapitaloftheJapaneseEmpire,andtheresidenceoftheTycoon,thecivilEmperor,beforetheMikado,thespiritualEmperor,absorbedhisofficeinhisown.TheCarnaticanchoredatthequaynearthecustom-house,inthemidstofacrowdofshipsbearingtheflagsofallnations.

           PassepartoutwenttimidlyashoreonthissocuriousterritoryoftheSonsoftheSun.Hehadnothingbettertodothan,takingchanceforhisguide,towanderaimlesslythroughthestreetsofYokohama.HefoundhimselfatfirstinathoroughlyEuropeanquarter,thehouseshavinglowfronts,andbeingadornedwithverandas,beneathwhichhecaughtglimpsesofneatperistyles.Thisquarteroccupied,withitsstreets,squares,docks,andwarehouses,allthespacebetweenthe"promontoryoftheTreaty"andtheriver.Here,asatHongKongandCalcutta,weremixedcrowdsofallraces,AmericansandEnglish,ChinamenandDutchmen,mostlymerchantsreadytobuyorsellanything.TheFrenchmanfelthimselfasmuchaloneamongthemasifhehaddroppeddowninthemidstofHottentots.

           Hehad,atleast,oneresourcetocallontheFrenchandEnglishconsulsatYokohamaforassistance.Butheshrankfromtellingthestoryofhisadventures,intimatelyconnectedasitwaswiththatofhismaster;and,beforedoingso,hedeterminedtoexhaustallothermeansofaid.

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