showing reptiles. One day was spent viewing the palaces in nearby Potsdam. Kume relates the famous story
about Friedrich II, who wanted the noisy windmill nearby to disappear but lost his case in court against the
miller. Last stop on this excursion was Babelsberg castle, the small summer residence of Emperor Wilhelm,
built by Schinkel in English style. So the days must have flown by until the newspapers report: ‘The
Japanese mission, 27 persons, left Berlin yesterday from Ostbahnhof station with the courier train
proceeding to St Petersburg. Oberst von Wrenl and another higher artillery officer were accompanying them.
The Japanese students at Berlin, about 10 to 12, appeared at the station, presenting a lot of oranges to
them.