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Show Japanese Quick to Learn. When In 18C8 mu Elgin visited Japan nnd Insisted on making tho shogun a presont of a yacht and also insisted or) nrrrnglng a treaty with him In behalf cf England, ho noted tho oxtraordli tnlrst for knnwlodgo and quickness 'earning which distinguish dis-tinguish tho Japanose. Within a wook a raw Japanese crew had learnod how to manage tho Khogun's now yacht The Japancso commissioners even took pains to lmltnt tho cheers which their guests gavo after dinner when the queen's hoalth was diunk, as conn as they understood that "whon )oti In tin west wish to honor n persou especially, espe-cially, you roar ami shout nfter your meals." |