144 The author himself saw in Japan in 1874 the native hunters using an old-fashioned matchlock, in which the powder was fired by a slow burning match, which was brought down to the powder by a trigger. This kind of firearm, which was in use in Europe in the fifteenth century, was taken to Japan by the Portuguese, and continued to be used there until the re-organization of the army introduced the modern form of gun. 145 In the accounts given by the biographers of Xavier, it is said that there were two companions of Anjiro who in the subsequent baptism received the names of John and Anthony. 146 This was the name of the seminary in Goa where Anjiro had been educated. 147 See Coleridge’s _Life and Letters of St. Francis Xavier_, London, 1872, p. 237. 148 Bouhour’s _Life of Xavier_, p. 274. 149 In the _Life of St. Francis Xavier_ by Bartholi and Maffei the following circumstance is given: “It seems that a rat had invaded the sanctuary and gnawed the ornaments of the altar. The sacristan appealed to the saint thus: ‘Father Francis! people say that you passed from this life in the vicinity of China; that you were a saint, that your body still remains entire and incorrupt at Goa. Now here am I your sacristan; and I ask is it consistent with your honor that a rat should have the audacity to gnaw the ornaments of your altar? I demand his death at your hand.’ On opening the door of the sanctuary the next morning the sacristan found the culprit quite dead.” 150 See Woolley, “Historical Notes on Nagasaki”, _Asiatic Society Transactions_, vol. ix., p. 129. 151 For these facts concerning Nobunaga and Hideyoshi, and the condition of the country during their times, the author is largely indebted to the _Life of Toyotomi Hideyoshi_, by Walter Dening, Tokio, 1890. 152 The word _daimyō_ means _great name_, and was used in reference to the ownership of land; _shomyō_ means _small name_, and was at first employed to indicate the small land-owner. But the word never obtained currency, the small land-owner always preferring to call himself a daimyō. See Chamberlain’s _Things Japanese_, p. 84. 153 The element of comedy shows itself from the beginning in Hideyoshi’s character when he adopted the calabash, in which he had carried water, as his symbol of victory. He added a new one for each victory, and at last adopted a bunch of calabashes for his coat-of-arms. Afterwards he had this constructed of gold, which was carried as the emblem of his triumphant career. 154 See Dening’s _Life of Hideyoshi_, p. 207. 155 In Chamberlain’s _Things Japanese_ the estimate is given that at this most prosperous time the number of Japanese professing Christianity was not less than six hundred thousand, p. 297.