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Show both old and modern; hL hnd ng about clipping example ook concerning th t here and there for my collectio straight black tresses of mg charming Korean maldcns Even in the usa newspapera story was used about the tmgul'u‘ American who had journeye half way around the world tlmpl make an assemblage of Korcan h'ur both old ttle wondu that the courteous officer ha zpprehemmns reg;ud 1g my sanity when he first met me in Fusan, b upo our second meeting we had tea together, and he could not forgive himsel for having confused the meanings of the word kami. Tn the Japanese language many words have numerous meanings and nearly cverything ha a multitude of appellations, all of which make for difficulty, even to th Japanese (htms:lvcs, as the foregoing incident discloses Afier reaching Korea I ascertaine that paper was being made by han i sl Slat s one place not far from Fusan, Keishs Na D5, another in the neighbourhood of Taiky@, photograph 50, Keishs Hok D5, and still another at a small mill near Kiisan. Photographs51 a These without journeying fa ino the interior, bu being told of the pumm\'e papcnnakmg village of Ompei, Keiki D5, lyin between Keijo oul) and Kaijs, in Central Korea, it vas my desire t visit this pamcular hamlet, where, as T was told, nearly every per thevillage was engaged in some branch i papermaking, the remaining totally unchangcd from the most ancicnt times After secing the mills of the south, T proceeded to Seoul, through th ‘mountainous country, e trees, but even so most beautifu and alluring; the air far more fresh and invigorating than in Japan -cve the Japanese themselves do not hesitate to say that the Korean climate i more healthful than that of their own small island. It was springtime an all along the route the Korcan peasants were breaking up the none to fertile ground with the aid of oxen-drawn plows contrived of heavy woode sticks, unchanged from the crude plows thatwere used in Korea and Chin Al rights reserved |
