“_Kiema_ has the move of our knight, except that he is strictly confined to two squares forward and one laterally, and can in no case make more than four moves. When he is reversed he becomes a _Kiema-Nari-Kin_, with all the powers (and those alone) of the _Kin-shio_. “_Kioshia_ moves directly forward _only_, but that may be any number of steps. He may be reversed up on either of the first three rows of the adversary, and then becomes a _Kioshia-Nari-Kin_, with all the powers (and those alone) of the _Kin-shio_. “_Hishia_ has the entire power of our castle, and when he is reversed he assumes the name of _Rioho_ (the dragon), and acquires, in addition to his former moves, all those of the _Oho-shio_. “_Kakuko_ has the entire powers of our bishop, and when reversed, assumes the-name of _Riome_ (the dragoness), and acquires, in addition to his former moves, all those of the _Oho-shio_. “_Ho_ moves forward one step only at a time, and may be reversed upon either of the first three rows of the adversary; when so reversed, he becomes a _Ho-Nari-Kin_, and acquires all the powers of the _Kin-shio_. “Besides the preceding moves and powers, any piece which has been captured may be replaced upon the board, at the discretion of the player—as follows, viz.: when it is his move, instead of moving one of his men he can replace any one of the captured pieces upon any unoccupied square whatever, observing to keep that side up which it was entitled to originally; but it may be reversed at any move thereafter if _to_ or _from_ any square in the before-mentioned first three rows of the adversary—and observing, further, that he can not replace a _Ho_ (or pawn) on any column upon which there is already one of his own, i.e., he can not double a _Ho_ (or pawn). “It may be further stated, that no piece can pass over the head of any other piece in its move, except the _Kiema_.” Preparations were made for taking what was then thought to be our final departure from the Japanese empire. The commodore had transferred his flag from the Powhatan to the Mississippi, like Byron, _not precisely_ because he ever could write an address to the ocean, upon whose bosom his stereotyped speeches say he has wasted the dearest action of “some forty years of _my_ life,” but because Byron had a weakness at Pisa for some mastiffs, cats, pea-fowls, &c.; and when the American opperbevelhebber again had his broad pennant floating over the Mississippi, her decks were ornamented with Tray, Blanche, and Sweetheart, in the shape of Japanese dogs, presented him, with pug-nosed, billiard-balled heads, and eyes so projecting and divided, that some unfortunate estrangement seemed to have taken place between them. The poop-deck was ornamented with no-tailed Japanese cats, or their spinal columns extending to the point which would have pleased Lord Monboddo, while under the break of the poop, in cages, swung beautiful pheasants, mandarin ducks, and some graceful singing-birds.