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English: YEDO BAY. AFTER crossing the Logo, a ride of about three quarters of an hour brings the traveller in sight of what may be regarded as the entrance to Yedo, which lies encircling the head of a sickle shaped bay, with the small insular forts to the right, and many houses and temples, and gradually ascending heights well besprinkled with stately trees to the left, the suburb of Sinagawa, of questionable repute, is passed and the English Legation which lies close to the waters edge is reached. The meaning of the word Yedo is “River Mouth"—the bay itself is so shallow that large vessels cannot approach within three or four miles, and the view of it from the water scarcely gives the spectator an idea of its enormous extent, for its suburbs spread over a space of some twenty miles and are densely populated. Few capitals can boast so many striking features or so much beauty in its site and its surrounding country as this, for many leagues in every direction—and the charming rides through country lanes, even its very centre, shaded as they often are by trees of magnificent growth, from attractions which are unrivalled by any western city of corresponding size.