Meanwhile, Shota and Captain Minoru transferred the crate destined for Tokyo onto an eastbound ship, and proceeded to where they would wait their opportunity to negotiate the Straits. The entrance to the straits was crowded with foreign steam ships. Their little craft wound through them to seek the moorings where similar small Japanese boats waited for the right time to pass through the Straits. Shota was fascinated with the steam ships. He asked endless questions of Captain Minoru, ...