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Updated: May 7, 2025
None of the gentlemen, who sat their horses with apparently such wonderful dignity, really guided them, though they held their bridles in their hands a groom always leading their gaily-caparisoned steeds. The soldiers, however, of whom a troop was always in attendance on any "damio," or great lord, of course, managed their horses themselves.
"Take care, lads; don't speak so loud; or should the fellow see that you are laughing or talking about them, they may fancy you are insulting them, and disagreeable consequences may ensue," cried Jack. The three captains accordingly turned their horses' heads and rode off in a different direction to that which the damio and his followers had taken.
Instead of coming alongside, however, they merely pulled round the squadron, evidently for the purpose of counting the number of guns, that the garrisons of the forts might be satisfied how far superior a force they themselves possessed. The best scene of all, however, was a visit from a damio, or person of high rank, who came off with a guard of forty men.
The British envoy and admiral have been waiting a reply, and I suspect that it has arrived and is not satisfactory; consequently we shall proceed immediately to teach the haughty damio that Englishmen are not to be murdered with impunity. These Japanese will be like the Chinese until they are taught better.
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