TheNecessityofFirmness——PerplexingMisrepresentations——GlidingwiththeStream——SuburbanResidences——TheKubotaHospital——AFormalReception——TheNormalSchool。
IarrivedhereonMondayafternoonbytheriverOmono，whatwouldhavebeentwolongdays’journeybylandhavingbeeneasilyaccomplishedinninehoursbywater。Thiswasaninstanceofformingaplanwisely，andadheringtoitresolutely！FirmnessintravellingisnowheremorenecessarythaninJapan。Idecidedsometimeago，fromMr。Brunton’smap，thattheOmonomustbenavigablefromShingoji，andaweekagotoldItotoinquireaboutit，butateachplacedifficultieshavebeenstarted。Therewastoomuchwater，therewastoolittle；therewerebadrapids，therewereshallows；itwastoolateintheyear；alltheboatswhichhadstartedlatelywerelyingaground；butatoneoftheferriesIsawinthedistanceamerchandiseboatgoingdown，andtoldItoI
shouldgothatwayandnoother。OnarrivingatShingojitheysaiditwasnotontheOmonoatall，butonastreamwithsomeverybadrapids，inwhichboatsarebrokentopieces。Lastly，theysaidtherewasnoboat，butonmysayingthatIwouldsendtenmilesforone，asmall，flat-bottomedscowwasproducedbytheTransportAgent，intowhichIto，theluggage，andmyselfaccuratelyfitted。
Itosententiouslyobserved，“Notonethinghasbeentoldusonourjourneywhichhasturnedouttrue！“Thisisnotanexaggeration。
Theusualcrowddidnotassembleroundthedoor，butprecededmetotheriver，whereitcoveredthebanksandclusteredinthetrees。