We landed at a small port-town called Xamoschi, situated on the south-east part of Japan; the town lies on the western point, where there is a narrow strait leading northward into along arm of the sea, upon the north-west part of which, Yedo, the metropolis, stands.
(われわれは、日本の南東部にある小さな港町ザモスキに上陸した。狭い海峡の西に位置しており、海峡を北上すると長い入り江があってその北西部に大都市の江戸がある)