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 (5) The Sanjodo, or Southern mountainous or Warm Tract, has likewise 8 Provinces, namely:—

All of the above-mentioned five tracts form part of the main island, which Dr. Kaempfer calls Nipon, but which Mr. Satow asserts to have no especial distinguishing name.

We now procced to the island of Kiusju.

The 6th large Tract of land is called Saikaido, or the Western Coast Tract.

It is composed of nine provinces, namely:—

An island of the third magnitude, which lies between the two former, and is called Sikokf or the Country of Four (provinces), together with the neighbouring island Awadsi, N. E. of Sikokf, and the great province Kijnokuni, which stands out from the continent of Nipon, make up the 7th large tract of land, called

(7) Nankaido, or the Tract of the Southern coasts. It is composed of six provinces, namely:—