| Show THE av COREA carca with ot about 13 19 smaller etian great britain the climate Is one 0 the finest and most healthful in the world the average rainfall Is in the neighborhood ot 36 which Is BO evenly distributed that no irrigation Is necessary except for rice in tho north cm and casters provinces th are covered by virgin forests but blight development has been made in ita mineral resources although copper s fairly plentiful and tho country la rich in aroa and coal gold and silver are found in paying quantities george lynch in the london chronicle gives a very interesting description of the customs and peculiarities liari ties of tho inhabitants of corca the comeans are a distinctly handsome hand somo race they are not in the least like their uio chinese or the they have th oblique eyes of ofle mongolian but their roses aro as or slightly aquiline their foreheads high and their oval faces clear cut and individual one great peculiarity of the people of seoul Is that during the practically no women aro aea upon the streets except probably an odd ono of th lower class deceased very much the men but wearing a cloak over her head and holding if so as to conceal the lower part of her face at 8 in the evening the great bell of eyoul tolls which Is a signal for the men to denro from tho streets and for tae women to emerge from their seclusion this extraordinary regulation is sti icily enforced except aa regarda mind ken ane ix coins with otter th sick corcan mea aro frequently aund to be blind abat atchis alie rard eliat a of tao women of seoul havo ficen tha streets ot their city by daylight from 8 12 tho ati cels lire alavo with women most of attended by aalt carrying lanterns alila time tacy go niculas their friends at U bell tolls again from which iane ihly hare to bo iDdo ois and raen arc acain at liberty to go out it they like ite people ot corca ara a in people possessing littie energy aad lefas activity alko their s the chinese they are bound by traditions ot the past they arc slow to adopt or improvements they have an intense love of berly ler ly what late nay have in store tar them as a basult of the war 1 problematical but that country wll be absorbed ly either japan o |
