漂流人善助聞書 - 翻刻

翻刻

【右丁】
　私江者何等用事不申付給物も私壱人江者別段皿体等
　江入給させ水主共江ハ一所ニ桶ニ入給させ申候
一同四月中旬夜半頃濱邊江上られ候所之地名者
　「アメリカ「カリホル子之内サンルカスと申處之由ニ御座候
一同五月中旬朝私を馬ニ乗候主人之者ハ「カリホル子之地ヲ
　司り候代官体之役人ニ而役名を「コマンダンテ「フランセシユウと
　申私儀「カリホル子ニ罷在候内者此人ニ厚世話ニ相成逗留
　中着物幷其外之品々貰申候此人と乗候馬鞍之
　様子荒増左之通り
【左丁】
一馬者日本之馬と同様にて差而相替儀相見へ不申候
一鞍は前後とも木地を黒唐草之模様ヲ打出皮ニ而
　包所々ニ銀之餝鉄物を附ケ左右ニ如圖【円筒形の図】長一尺三
　寸位廻り八九寸程之皮筒ヲ銀ニ而包毛彫体之模様有
　之右筒之内江小鉄炮壱挺ツヽ筒先を下ニ致し差込
　火蓋幷火口之所ニ細工物ニ相見へ打（ウチ）候時者火縄等用
　ひ不申候小鉄炮之名者「ビシトウラと申候
一鐙者鉄にて磨ギ候圖之如き釣鐙ニ而沓之儘差込踏申候
一障泥者鞍と同様黒皮ニ而唐草之模様ヲ打出し日本

現代語訳

【右丁】
私には何等の用事も申し付けず、食べ物も私一人には別段に皿のような器に入れて給仕し、水主共には一緒に桶に入れて給仕しました。

一、同年四月中旬の夜半頃、浜辺に上陸させられた所の地名は「アメリカ」の「カリフォルニア」の内の「サンルカス」と申す所とのことでございます。

一、同年五月中旬の朝、私を馬に乗せた主人は「カリフォルニア」の地を司る代官のような役人で、役名を「コマンダンテ・フランセスコ」と申します。私が「カリフォルニア」に滞在している間は、この人に厚く世話になり、逗留中に着物並びにその外の品々をいただきました。この人と乗った馬の鞍の様子は、大まかに左の通りです。

【左丁】
一、馬は日本の馬と同様で、特に変わった点は見受けられませんでした。

一、鞍は前後とも木地に黒い唐草の模様を打ち出した皮で包み、所々に銀の飾り金物を付け、左右に図のような【円筒形の図】長さ一尺三寸位、周囲八九寸程の皮筒を銀で包み、毛彫りのような模様があります。この筒の内に小鉄砲を一挺ずつ、筒先を下にして差し込んであります。火蓋並びに火口の所は細工物のように見え、撃つ時は火縄等は用いません。小鉄砲の名前は「ピストル」と申します。

一、鐙は鉄で磨いた、図のような釣り鐙で、靴のまま差し込んで踏みます。

一、障泥は鞍と同様に黒皮で唐草の模様を打ち出し、日本の

英語訳

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I was not assigned any particular tasks, and food was served to me alone on separate plates and such, while the sailors were served together from buckets.

First, around midnight in mid-April of the same year, we were brought ashore at a place whose name was "San Lucas" within "California" of "America."

First, in the morning of mid-May of the same year, the master who put me on horseback was an official like a magistrate who governed the land of "California," whose title was "Comandante Francisco." While I stayed in "California," I was well cared for by this person, and during my stay I received clothing and various other items. The appearance of the horse's saddle that I rode with this person was roughly as follows:

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First, the horse was the same as Japanese horses, with no particularly different features apparent.

First, the saddle was covered front and back with leather embossed with black arabesque patterns over a wooden base, with silver ornamental metalwork attached in places. On the left and right sides were leather cylinders as shown in the diagram【cylindrical diagram】, about one shaku three sun long and eight to nine sun in circumference, wrapped in silver with patterns like engraving. Inside these cylinders, small firearms were inserted one each with the muzzle pointing downward. The priming pan and touch hole appeared to be crafted items, and when firing, gunpowder cord was not used. The name of the small firearm was "pistol."

First, the stirrups were made of polished iron, hanging stirrups as shown in the diagram, into which one inserted and stepped with shoes on.

First, the mud guards were made of black leather with embossed arabesque patterns like the saddle, in the Japanese style...