ABSTRACT
After his differences with the Foreign Office over Korea, and his verbal duels with American and British radicals, Sir Harry Parkes found the last phase of his career in Japan superficially similar to the early days of his life in Tokyo. The voyage to East Asia was 'uneventful and pleasant and comfortable' with 'no bad weather . . . and no great degree of heat', while the monotony of seven weeks on board the S.S. Peiho was relieved by the companionship of his two eldest daughters and 'long drives through cocoa-nut and cinnamon plantations' 1 in Ceylon.
