From beyond the clouds the waves come one after another. is cold as ice. After traveling across the southern Indian Ocean, he arrived in Dur-ban, South Africa on June eleventh, almost a month after leaving Australia. Then, after passing the Cape of Good Hope, the ship en-tered Cape Town. However, Enryō encountered something unex-pected there. country. However, the cost of living was twice that of England and they tended to be hostile toward Japanese people, so I was forced to abandon my survey. In search of a ship to South America Enryō headed to London, ar-riving there on July seventh. It was a month-long boat trip and was Enryō’s third time in London. London has more than seven million people living in a city forty kilometers wide. The city has some buildings as tall as moun-tains, and the streets are filled with people coming and going like waves lapping back and forth. The subway is so bright at night it is like daytime, and inside the Crystal Palace [a huge structure built of steel and glass built for the first World’s Fair in 1851] it feels like spring even though it is summer. Every day is new and civilization flourishes more every month. It is a city that nowhere in the world can rival. The seas of Australia are now far away and cannot be seen. Now, Antarctica is not far. I know because the southerly wind My plan was to stay in South Africa and visit the interior of the 178
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