The Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan, compiled under Perry’s supervision, tells about Japanese officials who could not resist jumping on a Lilliputian locomotive that “could hardly carry a child of six years of age. ”
एक प्रतिष्ठित मेन्डारिन (चीनी दफ़्तरशाह) भी, “उसके ढीले वस्त्र हवा में उड़ते हुए, ” उसकी छाजन से लिपटा था ।