INDEX

Abbot, a refined, [84].
Absolutism of the Korean crown reimposed, [377].
Agricultural implements, rude and few, [161].
Agriculture, primitive character of, [78];
improved methods in the Han Valley, [100];
methods of, [160];
ministry of, [383].
Ah Wong, [31].
Allen, Mr. Clement, [185];
Dr., [352], [353], [354], [443].
Altar-piece, an unique, [148].
American Missions, [22], [63], [172], [279], [311], [346-350], [388].
Am-nok River, the, [14], [17], [74].
Amur Province, the, [234], [242].
Amur River, the, [219], [220], [233], [241], [242], [244].
An-byöng, [163].
Ancestral temple, an, [87];
worship, [61], [63], [88], [401].
An-chin-Miriok, [345].
Ang-paks, [77], [125], [157].
Animal and Bird life, [73], [74], [150].
An Ju, [328].
An-kil Yung Pass, crossing the, [330].
An-mun-chai, the, [138], [141], [144], [146].
An object of curiosity, [88], [94], [97], [127], [146].
Appenzeller, Rev. H. G., [388].
A-ra-rüng style of music, [166].
Archipelago, a remarkable, [15].
Army, [56], [57], [210];
standing, an extravagance, [434].
A-san, [206];
battle of, [207].
Assassination of the Queen, [271], [455].
Assembly, a national, [373].
Atai-jo, king, [169].
Australian ladies, mission work by, [28].
Baikal horses, [237].
Banks and Banking, [26].
“Bannermen,” (irregular soldiery) of Manchuria, [190], [191].
Barter, the mode of exchange, [78].
Bas-reliefs, [84].
Beacon fires, [97], [105].
Beheading abolished, [265].
“Believing Mind, Temple of the,” [139].
Bell of Song-do, [295];
of Seoul, the great (see Seoul).
Birukoff, Mr., [388].
Botany, Native, [17], [95], [98].
Bows and arrows, reliance on in Manchuria, [190].
Bridges, infamous character of the, [171];
precarious, [293].
Brigands of Manchuria, [189].
British political influence and trade, [457].
Broughton Bay, junk excursion in, [15], [173].
Brown, Mr. M’Leavy, [37], [369], [397], [435], [448], [457].
Buddha, statues of, [136], [144].
Buddha worship, [137].
Buddhism, disestablishment of, [61];
moribund, [142];
introduction of, [148];
palmy days of Korean, [169];
gross superstitions of, [399];
relics of Korean, [286].
Buddhist hells, representations of, [139];
nunneries, [115], [135].
Buddhistic legends, [145].
Buddhist monastery and temple, [63], [76], [79], [84], [319].
Bull, Korean, as a beast of burden, [36], [110];
used for ploughing, [162].
Burial customs, [63], [204], [286], [288-291].
Burial places, [36], [61].
Butchers, methods of, [172].
Cabinet, the, [371], [374], [375];
ministers, execution of, [367].
Campbell, Mr., [133], [135], [138], [326].
Carles, Consul, [130], [329], [355].
Cavalry, Chinese, General Tso’s brigade, [210].
Cave, a remarkable, [99].
Cham-su-ki, [95], [96];
tree, [96].
Chang-an Sa, [137], [141], [142], [143], [144], [150], [160].
Charms, [408].
Cha-san, [322], [344].
Che-chön, [106].
Chefoo, arrival at, [185];
return to, [213].
Chemulpo, [20], [30], [33];
war excitement at, [178];
exodus of Chinese from, [182];
return of authoress to, [245];
accident on the way to, [267];
arrival at, [357];
railroad from to the capital, [450];
leave from, [459];
banks at, [32], [436];
cemetery at, [318];
Chinese settlement in, [31], [245];
Japanese settlement in, [31], [181], [246];
Korean quarter, [33];
occupation of, by Japanese, [206], [245];
population of, [469];
trade in, [33].
Children, non-burial of in Manchuria, [204];
sale of dæmons, [412].
Chil-sung Mon, the, [315], [316].
China, diplomatic relations with Korea, [19], [182].
Chinese in Korea, [12], [20], [182];
predominant influence of, [22], [452];
their settlement in Chemulpo, [31];
the colony at Seoul, [44];
consternation in Chinese colony, [182];
connection with Korea severed, [458].
Chinese Manchuria, [237], [244].
Chin-nam-po, [19], [357], [458].
Chino-Japanese War, origin of the, [206].
Chöi Sok dæmon, [420].
Chol-muri Kaut, the, [411].
Chŏl-yong-To, [23].
Chong-dong, [427], [437].
Chöng-phöng, town of, [90], [93], [94];
female curiosity at, [94].
Chong-söp (abbots), [141].
Chon-shin dæmons, [418].
Chön-yaing, [88].
Chosen Magazine, The, [440].
Cho Wang dæmon, [420].
Christianity, progress of, [201], [202].
Christian missions (see Missionaries and the Missions).
Christians, native, [65], [227].
Christian work in Seoul, [63];
in Korea, [65];
Korean estimate of, [438].
Christie, Dr., [198], [201], [202], [211].
Chu-la, [25], [306].
Chun-chön, [109].
Chung-Chong-Do, [75], [84].
Chyu-pha Pass, the, [129].
Class privileges, [101], [446], [450].
Climate, healthy character of, [16];
at Mukden, [201].
Coasts, character of, [15];
tour along, [150].
Coinage of, [20], [66], [398].
Concubinage, a recognized institution, [342].
Confucian college, the, [382];
temples, [76], [83], [94], [103].
Confucianism in Korea, [21], [22].
Conjugal fidelity, [116], [341], [343].
Conspiracies, frequency of, [447].
Constitutional changes, [371-386].
Conventions with China, renunciation of the, [207].
Cookery of the Koreans, [154].
Corfe, Bishop, [33], [37], [49], [63], [64], [66], [68].
Corfe Mission at Seoul, [30], [33], [64], [68].
Corruption, [431], [448].
Cossacks, Russian, rigid discipline of, [238].
Costumes, [26], [27], [45], [46].
Council of State, formation of a, [370], [375].
Council of State (Korean), organization of, [375].
Court functionaries, [428], [430].
Crown Prince, the, [253], [273], [362], [365], [428];
Princess, the, [273].
Customs, Korean, [59], [78], [101], [114], [127], [265], [266], [287], [359].
Customs revenue the backbone of Korean finance, [458].
Curzon, the Hon. G. W., [138].
Dæmon festivals, [410].
Dæmons, classification of, [421].
Dæmon Worship, [79];
fear of dæmons, [127], [129];
dæmonism, [399], [404], [409], [417].
Dallet’s Histoire de l’Église de Korée, [11];
quoted in regard to the position of women, [341], [355].
Dancing women, [344], [352].
Death, customs connected with, [63].
Deluge, a Manchurian, [193].
Diamond Mountain Monasteries, [133].
Diamond Mountain, the, [74], [75], [103], [129], [133], [140].
Disciples, Five Hundred, Temple to, [170].
Distinctions between Patrician and Plebeian abolished, [385].
Divination, [407], [408].
Dog-infested Seoul, [47].
Dog meat, use of, [154].
Dogs, [47], [72].
Dolmens, [131].
Domestic animals, few, [161];
life unknown, [355];
slaves, [47].
Domiciliary visit, [304].
Dragon dæmons, [417].
Drunkenness common, [91].
Dwellings, [77].
Dye, General, American military adviser, [271], [272], [277], [279].
Dynasty, Korean, worn out, [255].
Eastern Siberia, maritime provinces of, [242-244].
Eastern Siberian, drift of population to, [244].
Edgar, H. M. S., [302].
Edicts. See Royal.
Education, [143], [203], [387], [438];
the ministry of, [382], [391].
Education and Foreign Trade, [387].
Education in the hamlets, [79].
“Eight Views,” the, [155].
Elm trees, fine, [93].
English mission, the first, [63].
English-speaking Koreans at Seoul, [49].
Eternal Rest, Temple of, [134].
Eui-chyeng Pu (the cabinet), [371], [377].
Europeans, Korean estimate of, [438].
Examinations for official position, [152];
royal exams, abolished, [388].
Exorcists and Exorcism, [114], [344], [350], [400], [405], [423].
Exports and Imports, [392];
returns of, [466], [467].
Extortions and tyrannies, [450].
Falconry, [74].
Farmers, [447], [450].
Fauna of, [16].
Fengtien Cavalry Brigade, [210].
Ferguson & Co., Messrs., [185].
Fermented liquors, [91], [92].
Ferries, [104].
Ferry boat, an ingenious, [131].
Festivals, [410-413].
Fetishes, [416], [421].
Fever, attack of, [193].
Finance, [396].
Fire Dragon Pool, the, [145].
Fish and Fishing, [158].
“Five Hundred Disciples,” temple of the, [170].
Floods in Manchuria, [193].
Flora of, [17].
Forced labor, [337].
Foreign Goods, trade in, [24], [387], [391], [395], [464].
Foreign liquors, love of, [91];
Office, the, [381].
Forest wealth, [17].
Formosa, transfer of, [269].
Fortress, an ancient, [105].
“Four Sages,” Hall of the, [136].
Fox, Mr., [37], [39].
French clocks, rage for at Yö Ju, [90], [91].
Frescoes, curious, [60], [319].
Friendly character of people, [80].
“Frog-boxes,” [408].
Funerals, observances at, [62], [286].
Fusan, [20], [23], [24], [25];
its Japanese character, [26];
markets of, [28];
Europeans in, [178];
Japanese soldiers in, [245], [454];
population of, [469].
Gale, Mr., [167], [173];
Mrs., [173].
Game, [174].
Gap Pass, the, [36], [181].
Gardner, Mr. (acting consul), [35], [183];
Mrs. and Miss, [37].
Gautama, a shrine of, [137].
Geographical position determines Korea’s political relationships, [452].
Geology and the geological formation, [15].
Gesang, The, (singing and dancing girls) of Phyöng-yang, [352], [353].
Ginseng, “the elixir of life,” [296];
extent of its cultivation, [297];
preparation for market, [298].
Girl-babies, not specially welcome in a family, [300], [341].
Girls, seclusion of, [119].
Godobin, Fort, [214].
God of War, temple to the, [319].
Gold-digging, [108], [322], [324].
Gold dust exports, [108].
“Golden Sand,” the river of, [80].
Gold ornaments, [108].
Gorge, a grand, [95].
Government departments (Korean) reorganized, [381].
Government Gazette, the, [373], [374], [377].
“Government Hospital,” the, [64].
“Great Fifteenth Day,” the, [266].
Greathouse, General, [76].
Greathouse, Mr., [441].
Greek Church in Siberia, [229];
its Litany, [231].
Ha-chin, its ugly women, [97].
Ha Ch’i style of music, [166].
Ha-in class, the, [448].
Hair-cropping edict, [359], [363].
“Halfway Place,” the, [91].
“Hall of the Four Sages,” [136].
Ham-gyöng Do, [219], [223], [233].
Ham-gyöng Province, [156], [163].
Hanka Lake, [242], [244].
Han Kang, village of, [68], [70], [76].
Han River, [35], [36], [40], [68], [71], [74], [75], [77], [80], [85], [92], [99], [103], [106], [110];
a cheap and convenient highway, [111];
descent of the, [105];
fauna and flora of, [71], [72], [98];
rapids of, [75], [92], [93], [101], [102], [105], [110], [111];
scenery around the, [71].
Han valley, inhabitants of the, [76], [78-79];
cultivation of the, [100];
limestone cliffs of the, [104];
schools in the, [79];
temperature of the, [81].
Harbors of Fusan and Wön-San, [14], [30].
Hart, Sir Robert, [213].
Hats, monstrous, [345].
Heidemann, Mr., [223], [228], [231].
Hemp cultivation, [95].
Hermit City, the, [37].
“Hermit Nation,” the, opened by the treaties of 1883, [11].
Hillier, Mr., [183], [246], [251], [259], [269], [281], [283].
Hills, denudation of, [17].
“Hill Towns,” the, [308].
Hiroshima, trial of assassins at, [277].
Hoa-chung, [151], [152].
Hoang-chyöng San, [153].
Home Office, the, [381].
Homesteads of the Han Valley, [79].
Hong, Colonel, [271], [272], [274].
Hon-jö, [293].
Ho pai, or divining table, the, [408].
Hospitals supported and conducted by the Missions, [33].
Household spirits, [418].
Hulbert, Rev. H. B., [164], [165], [166], [391].
Hu-nan Chang, [94].
Hun-chun, [228], [230], [237];
Chinese at, [237], [238].
Hun-ho river, the, [199].
Hunt, Mr., [25], [458].
Hwang-hai Do, [16].
Hwang-hai Province, [303].
Hyön, Colonel, [272].
Idleness of the nobles at Seoul, [46]
Im, accident to my servant, [331].
Images, stone, [170], [171].
Im-jin, [292].
Im-jin Gang, the, [292].
Immorality, [341].
Import trade, value of, [393].
Incantations, [425].
Independence Arch, the, [439].
Independence of Korea assured by the Japanese, [247];
opposed by the native officials, [262].
Independence, proclamation of, [247].
Independent newspaper, the, [439], [440].
Industries, [26].
Inns, regular and irregular, [124], [125], [157], [294], [326].
Inouye, Count, [247], [251], [261], [262], [268], [270], [274], [280].
Inscription, an amusing, [101].
Interior of the country, efforts to reach, [49], [66].
Interrupted Shadow, Island of the, [23].
Inundation in Manchuria, [195].
Isolation maintained up to 1876, [19].
Itai, the innkeeper, [31], [245].
Itinerary of travel, [357], [358].
Jaisohn, Dr., [129], [389], [439].
Japanese, designs of in Korea, [181], [206];
lacking in tact, [263], [453];
in Korea, [26];
their settlement in Chemulpo, [31];
hatred of the Koreans towards, [31], [344];
shipping and commerce of, [32];
control rice trade of Chemulpo, [32];
the Legation and colony at Seoul, [43];
Japs in Wön-San, [176];
prestige, a blow to, [278].
Japan, last glimpse of, [23];
sea of, [14], [30], [74], [103], [145], [149];
outwits China in Korea, [182].
Jones, Mr. Heber, [341], [400], [415], [418].
“Judgment, Temple of,” [139].
Junks, Korean, [174].
Justice, the Ministry of, [383].
Ka-chang, [322], [323].
Kai Chhön, [355].
Kai-Söng (Song-do), [293].
Kal-rön-gi, [150].
Kang-ge Mountains, [297].
Kang, the, [197], [204].
Kang-wön Do, the, [14].
Kang-wön Province, [156].
Kanjo Shimbo newspaper, the, [440].
Ka-phyöng, [109], [112].
Keum-Kang San Mountains, the, [107], [129], [133], [140], [141], [146], [149], [150];
Monasteries of, [134], [141].
Keum-San Gang river, [129].
Keum-San goldfields, [323], [355].
Khabaroffka, [242], [244];
Korean settlers near, [225], [233].
Khordadbeh, the Arab, his “Book of Roads and Provinces,” [12].
Ki-cho, the, [138], [141], [149].
Ki-jun, [355].
Kimchi, [89], [153], [154].
Kim Ok-yun, murderer of, [432].
Kim, the boatman, [70], [82], [85], [92], [101-102], [107].
King Li Hsi and the Kur-dong at Seoul, [58];
audience with, appearance and character of, [252], [253], [256-260], [268], [428];
practically a prisoner, [362];
escapes to the Russian Legation, [365], [430];
issues proclamation respecting hair-cropping, [363];
power of the, [371], [375], [378].
King’s oath, the Korean, [249].
Kings, palace of the, [295].
Kit-ze introduces the elements of Chinese civilization in the 12th century, [12], [355];
his tomb and temple, [318], [319].
Kobe, [175].
Kol-lip dæmon, [421].
Ko-mop-so river, the, [323].
Ko-moun Tari, [310].
Komura, Mr., [278], [281].
Kong-Wön Do, [74], [155].
Kong-Wön, [107].
Korea, its geographical position, [11], [14];
the church of, [11];
opened first by the treaties, [11];
population, [13];
rivers, lakes, and harbors, [14];
volcanoes, [14];
geology, [15];
mountains, [15];
climate, [16];
fauna, [16];
forest wealth, [17];
flora, [17];
minerals, [17];
rulers of, [18];
cabinet ministers, [18];
army, [19];
provinces of, [19];
the revenue and its sources, [19];
treaties with, [19];
the coinage, [19], [20];
treaty ports, [20];
language, [20], [21];
religion, [21], [64], [399];
society, [22];
neighbors of, [23];
foreign women in, [28];
rebellion in Southern, [179];
Japanese proposals for its administration, [206];
the King’s oath, [249];
dynasty of, worn out, [255];
a dark chapter in its history, [271];
last words on, [445];
her resources, [445];
class privileges in, [101], [446], [450];
dissatisfaction in, [281];
farmers in, [447], [450];
Japanese influence in, [25], [31], [359], [431], [449], [452];
law, administration of in, [441];
markets in, [28];
missionary methods in, [28-30], [64];
money of, [66], [67], [78];
provincial government of, [372], [378];
roads in, [20], [128];
security in, [295];
trade in, [24], [32], [304], [307], [391];
winter in, [36].
Korean animals, [73];
bulls, [36], [110], [162];
customs, [59], [65], [78], [101], [114], [120], [127], [283], [355], [359];
dogs, [47], [73];
dwellings, [77];
education, [142], [387];
finance, [396];
graves, [36], [61];
inns, [124-128];
nobles and officials, [46];
pigs, [73], [162], [322];
ponies, [36], [54], [121], [162];
roads, [20], [128];
sheep, [72], [163];
soldiers, [56], [209];
streets, [27];
travellers, [127];
villages, [77], [162], [225], [234].
Korean Christian Advocate, and Christian News, the, [440].
Korean Repository, the, [11], [168], [346], [352], [440].
Koreans, the, traces of Manchurian conquest on, [12];
uniformity of their costume, [12];
physiognomy of, [12];
a handsome race, [12];
height of, [13];
mental calibre of, [13];
possess Oriental vices, [13];
seclusion and inferior position of women, [13], [45], [339-343];
their corruption and brutal methods of punishment, [33];
squalid character of ordinary Korean life, [52], [330];
encumbered with debt, [78];
a drunken people, [92];
voracity and omnivorous character, [154];
their music, [164];
settlers in Siberia, [223];
attach themselves to the Greek Church, [229];
under Muscovite government, [233];
race improved by settlement in Siberia, [236], [336];
independence of secured by Japanese, [247].
Kowshing, the transport, [207].
Ko-yang, [285], [286].
Krasnoye Celo, [230], [233], [234].
Ku-mu-nio, [110].
Kun-ren-tai, the palace guard, [270], [271], [272], [275], [278], [280], [281], [282], [362];
abolition of the, [386].
Kuntz and Albers, Messrs., [216], [220], [224], [239].
Kur-dong, the, a unique but
now rare ceremonial, [51], [60], [61], [119], [247].
K’wan, [233].
Kwan-ja, the, (official passport), [86], [87], [128], [146], [159], [283].
Kwan-yin, [143];
image of, [137].
Kwass, [231].
Kyei, or associations, [440].
Kyeng-pok Palace, [251], [256], [365], [369], [433], [437].
Kyeng-wun Palace, the, [369], [398], [428], [429], [437].
Kyöng-heung, [227].
Kyöng-hwi Province, [303].
Kyöng-kwi Do, [75].
Kyöng-ku-kyöng, [141], [146].
Kyöng-sang Province, [25], [30].
Kyöng-wön Do, [75].
Lakes, [14].
Landis, Dr., [400], [415], [421].
Language of the Koreans, [20], [173].
Laundresses, [45], [339].
Lava fields, [16], [131].
Law, its administration infamous, [441].
Liau river, the, [186], [193], [199].
Li Hsi, the King, royal procession of at Seoul, [55];
in seclusion at outbreak of war, [183].
Li Hung Chang, [267].
Lindholm, Mr., [241].
Lion Stone, the, [145].
Liquor drinking, [91].
Litany, a Greek, [231].
Literary swells, [104], [339].
Literature, the Temple of, [382].
Lone Tree Hill, the, [45].
Long-shin dæmons, [417].
Lotus dance, the, [352].
Lucifer matches, [168].
Lynch law, amateur, [104].
Macdonald, Sir Claude, [430].
Ma-cha Töng lake, [156], [158].
Ma-chai, [85], [106], [111].
Magistrate, an interview with a, [86].
Ma-ha-ly-an Sa monastery, [143].
Mak-pai Pass, the, [150].
Ma-kyo, [106].
Mama, or the smallpox dæmon, [413], [414]
Manchu head-dress, [200];
soldiers, [208], [210].
Manchu race, the, [190].
Manchuria, brigands in, [188];
Chinese immigrants to, [188];
Government of, [201];
immigrations from, [12];
population of, [187];
trade of, [189];
viceroyalty of, [187], [191];
authoress departs to, [186];
sojourn at viceroyalty of, [187];
a deluge in, [193];
old capital of, [201];
practice of medicine in, [203];
less hostile to foreigners, [207];
visit to Russian, [223].
Mandarins and their retainers, [329].
Mang-kun, the, [114], [360].
Man-pok-Tong, the, [145];
fear of tigers, [132], [292], [302], [325];
superstition of, [129].
Manufactures, [18].
Ma-pu, [35], [40], [68], [181].
Mapus, or grooms, [121-132], [164], [284], [285], [293], [302].
Marble pagoda of Seoul, the, [43].
Ma-ri Kei, [132].
Market, a Korean, [28], [306], [307].
Marriage customs, [114], [342].
Marriage, early, prohibited, [385].
Matunin, Mr., [227].
Meals, [79];
by the way, [82], [83].
Medicine, practice of in Manchuria, [203];
medical missions in Korea, [424].
Mesozoic and metamorphic rocks. (See Geology.)
Miller, Mr., a young missionary fellow-traveller, [66], [70], [83], [87], [104], [105], [142], [151], [159].
Mineral wealth of, [17], [18], [25], [108].
Missionaries and the Missions, [20], [21], [29], [30], [63], [64], [65], [172], [198], [201], [346], [390];
statistics of Missions, [462], [463].
Monarchy, character of the, [18].
Monasteries, Diamond Mountain, [133].
Monastery of Sök-Wang Sa, [169].
Mongolian eye, obliquity of in the Koreans, [12].
Millet, the use of, [321].
Min clan, the, [261].
Ming tombs, the, [201].
Ministers, execution of, [367];
of State, duties of, [379].
“Ministres de Parade,” [201].
Min Yeng-chyun, [371].
Miriang, [25].
Mirioks, [76], [111], [286].
Miriok Yang Pass, [321].
Missionary work, [22], [29], [30], [63-65], [172], [201], [207], [227], [346];
statistics of, [462].
Mission Hospital, a fine, [202];
service, a, [350].
Miura, General Viscount, [269], [270], [275], [277], [453], [455].
Moffet, Mr., [76], [312], [313], [316], [320], [347].
Mok-po, [458].
Mok-po river, [14], [19].
Money, [66], [78].
Monks, [133-149];
ignorant and superstitious, [142].
Monuments, [294].
Mou-chin Tai, [328], [336], [338].
Mounds, used for interment of the living, [175].
Mountainous character of the country, [15];
of Seoul, [45].
Mourning costume, [63].
Mukden, anti-foreign feeling in, [208], [211];
cabs of, [199];
mission hospital, [202];
pawnshops, [205];
suicides in, [205];
system of medicine, [203];
trade of, [200], [211];
city of, [192], [199], [200];
its successful missions, [201], [202], [208].
Mulberry gardens of Seoul, [43].
Mulberry palace of Seoul, [45], [247], [416].
Music, discordant character of the native, [164], [165];
vocal, [166].
Murata rifle, the, [209].
Mu-tang, belief in, [422-426].
Mu-tang sorcerers, [114], [129], [164], [287], [290], [312], [335], [351], [400], [408];
as oracles, [412];
rites of, [413];
marriage with, [425].
Myo-kil Sang, the, [145].
Nagasaki, Chinese town of, [23], [213], [269].
Nai Kak, the, [377].
Nak-tong, [64].
Nak-Tong river, [14], [25].
Nam Chhon valley and river, [308], [309].
Nam Han fortress, [83], [84], [105], [181].
Nam-San, [45], [68], [163], [169];
fortress, [105].
Nam San mountains, [39], [43], [45], [68], [97].
Nang-chön, [106], [110], [112].
Naniwa, the cruiser, [207].
National life of Korea exists only at Seoul, [59].
Newchwang, city of, [175], [186], [187], [191], [192], [212], [355];
port of, [189].
Newspapers issued at Seoul, [440].
Nicolaeffk, [219].
Night, a hideously memorable, [157].
Nikolskoye, military station of, [240], [241];
Korean settlements near, [233].
“Ninety-nine Turns,” pass of the, [152].
Nippon Yusen Kaisha, steamers of, [175], [181].
Nobles, their idleness, [46];
a privileged class, [101];
exactions of, [102].
North branch of the Han, voyage on, [106].
Northward ho! 320.
Nowo Kiewsk, Russian military post, [224], [225], [234], [238].
Nuns, [141].
O-bang-chang-kun dæmons, [415].
O’Conor, Lady, [186].
Officials, superbly dressed, [46], [54];
resent the new régime inaugurated by the Japanese, [262];
considered as vampires in Korea, [303], [370], [372];
memorabilia governing, [379];
corruption of, [397], [431].
O-hung-suk Ju, [301].
Oiesen, Mr., [158], [458].
Oil paper used as mats, [323].
Okamoto, Mr., [271], [277].
Omnivorous Koreans, [154].
Op Ju dæmon, [420].
Oracles, [412].
Orange peel, use of, [92].
Oricol, [246].
Osaka, [267].
Osborne, Mr., [458].
Oshima, General, [318].
Otori, Mr., [44], [183], [269], [373], [374], [455].
Ou-chin-gang, [344].
Outfit, [67].
Pagoda, a ruinous, [91].
Pai Chai College, [388].
Paik-kui Mi, [102], [113], [114].
Paik-tu San Mountain, [14], [15], [334].
Paik-Yang Kang River, The, [130], [131].
Pai-low, the 439.
Pa Ju, [285], [292].
Pa-ka Mi, [101], [102].
Pak-su Mu, the, [409].
Pak-Yöng-Ho, the Minister, [247].
Palace department, the, [385].
P’al-kyöng, [155].
Pa-mul dæmon, [420].
Pangas, [123], [162].
Pang-wha San, [97].
Pan-pyöng, [130].
Pan-su, the, [402], [424].
Paper manufacture, [306], [323].
Passenger cart, a Chinese, [197].
Pawnshops of Mukden, [205].
“Pea-boats,” [187], [192].
Peasants’ houses, [77].
Peasant farmer, the, [78], [305].
Pechili, Gulf of, [184], [213].
Pedlars, Korean, [75], [306].
Peiho river, [186].
Peking, European exodus from, [213].
Peking Pass, the, [43], [437], [439].
Peninsula of Korea, its geographical location, [13].
People, the, oppressed by taxation, [102].
Phallic symbols, [111].
Phyöng-an Do, [321];
goldfields, [108], [322].
Phyöng Kang goldfields, [108].
Phöng-yang, [280], [293], [305], [308], [310], [312-319], [328], [330];
occupation by the Japanese, [313];
battle of, [209], [261], [317];
size of, [356];
coal mines of, [315];
dancing and singing girls at, [352];
first view of, [310];
Japanese soldiers for, [245], [285];
mission work at, [346], [350];
toy shops in, [168].
Physical appearance and height of the Koreans, [13], [26].
Physiognomical features of the Koreans, [12].
Pigs, [73], [162], [322].
Pirates, attacked by, [212].
Police, [434], [441].
Political relationships, [452].
Pong-san, [304].
Ponies, [32], [36], [54], [121], [122], [162].
Pöp-heung, king, [135].
Population, [13], [76].
Port Lazareff, [174].
Port Shestakoff, [174], [219].
Po-san, [345], [355].
Posango, [75].
Possiet Bay, [224], [228], [233].
Potato cultivation, [229], [333].
Po-tok-am shrine, [143].
Potong Mön, [315], [317].
Potters at work, [85].
Pottery, native, [307].
Prefectural towns on the Han, [110], [112].
Primorsk, [220], [223], [233], [236], [241].
Princess’ Tomb, the, [62].
Prisons, Eastern, experience of, [442].
Procession, a quaint and motley one at Seoul, [56].
Protestant churches in Seoul, [63], [65].
Provincial Government, [372], [378].
Puk-han fortress, [105].
Puk-han mountains, [39], [247], [284].
Punishment, brutal character of, among Koreans, [33];
abolished by the Japanese, [263].
Purification, the rite of, [411].
Putiata, Colonel, [433].
Pyeng-San, [308].
Pyök-chol, temple of, [84].
P’yo-un Sa monastery, [138], [139], [143], [144].
Queen of Korea, audience with, [251];
description of, [252];
dress of, [259];
assassination of, [271], [273], [455];
removal of the remains of, [369], [428].
Rainfall, [161], [191].
Rapids of the Han, [92], [101], [105].
Rebellion in Southern Korea, [179].
“Red Door,” distinction of the, [299].
Reforms in Korea pressed by the Japanese, [257];
partial acceptance of, [386], [448], [452].
Religion, no national, [21], [63], [399].
Religious shrines, [76].
Reorganized Korean government, [371].
Revenue, the, and its sources, [19].
Revolutions, frequency of, [447].
Rice cultivation, [155], [161].
Rice trade of Chemulpo in Japanese hands, [32], [33].
Rice wine partaken to excess, [91], [92].
Richofen, Baron, his work on China, [12].
Ride, a long, hot, [156].
Riong San, [270], [271], [390].
Ritual of invocation, etc., [411].
Rivers, lakes and harbors of Korea, [14], [25].
Roads, bad character of, [20], [123], [128].
Roman Church and Missions in Seoul, [64], [65].
Ross, Dr. and Mrs., [198], [202], [211].
Royal city, a, [292].
Royal Edict, a fraudulent, [276];
later edicts, [281], [366], [451].
Royal examinations, abolition of, [388];
Library, the, [256].
Royal tombs of Seoul, [62].
Royalty, an audience with, [245].
Rulers of Korea, [18].
Russian homes, [235];
administration, [236];
legation at Seoul, [431].
Russian intervention, [281];
Manchuria, [223], [243];
soldier, the, [218].
Russia’s “New Empire” and maritime province, [242], [243];
ascendancy of, [430];
her gains in Korea, [455];
her ascendancy lost, [456].
Russo-Chinese frontier, [230];
Japanese Treaty, [471];
Korean frontier, [230];
Korean settlements, [225], [226], [229];
hospitality of, [235].
Ryeng-an Sa, temple, of, [84].
Sabatin, Mr., [271], [272], [277].
Saddle, twelve hours in the, [325].
Sagem dæmons, [416].
Saghalien, [220].
Sai-kal-chai, the, [150].
Sai-nam, gateway at, [308].
Sajorni, [231].
Sakyamuni, image of, [136].
Salt industry, the, [158], [228].
Sampans, [70], [75].
Sa-mun, [25].
San Chin-chöi Sök dæmon, [420].
Sang-chin, [25].
Sang-dan San, [294].
Sang-nang Dang, [129].
Sanitary regulations, [436].
San-kak-San mountain, [38].
San-Shin Ryöng dæmons, [416].
Saretchje, [229].
Sar-pang Kori, [123], [126], [129].
Satow, Sir E., [68].
Scotch missionaries, [201], [207].
Scranton, Dr., [350].
Sea of Japan, [74].
Seoul-Fusan railway, projected, [25].
Seoul, port of, [14], [19];
the capital, [35];
mode of transit and approach to, [36];
mean architecture of, [37];
population and fine situation of, [38];
beautiful and safe environs of, [39];
foulness of the intra-mural city, [40];
later sanitary improvements in, [40];
the shops and their wares, [41];
the great civic bronze bell, [41], [42], [51];
beauty of the ancient Marble Pagoda, [43];
its hordes of mangy dogs, [47];
women of, free to take exercise in the streets only after nightfall, [47];
the Kur-dong festival, [51];
seat of government and centre of official life, [59];
graves of the capital, [61];
royal tombs of, [62];
the Missions and Protestant Churches, [63];
authoress’s sojourn in, [246];
leaves it, [267];
assassination of the Queen at, [273];
mission and foreign schools in, [390];
dæmon festivals at, [411];
the city in 1897, [427];
metamorphosis of, [435];
newspapers of, [439], [440];
banking facilities in, [20], [32];
beacon-fire in, [97];
Board of Rites at, [141];
burial clubs in, [62];
Chinese colony in, [44];
climate of, [16];
education in, [387], [390];
environs of, [68];
first impressions of, [35], [48];
fortresses of, [84];
gates of, [39];
houses of, [40], [436];
Japanese ascendency in, [247], [261];
Japanese colony in, [45];
lava fields near, [16];
marble pagoda in, [43], [84];
missionaries in, [64];
Mulberry Palace, [43];
New Year’s Day in, [264];
occupation of, by Japan, [206];
police of, [434], [441];
political conditions in, [261], [268];
Prefecture of, [372];
sanitary regulations in, [436];
shops in, [41], [59], [168];
singing and dancing girls at, [352];
streets of, [435], [436];
trade of, [60], [75];
to Wön-san, road from, [129];
walls of, [39].
Settlements, [223], [238].
Seun-tjeung-pi, or monuments, [294].
Seven Star Gate, the, [315].
Shamanism, [21], [63], [401], [402].
Shamans, [401].
Shanghai, [175].
Shan-tung, [188], [220].
Sheep, [72], [163].
Shen-si, [188].
Shestakoff, Port, [174], [218].
Shimonoseki, treaty of, [269].
Shin-Chang, or dæmon generals, [415].
Shipping vessels entering Korean ports, return of, [468].
Shou-yang-yi, [321].
Sho-wa Ku, [194], [195].
Shrines, [77], [129], [133], [149], [333].
Shur-hung, [303], [415-418].
Sian-chöng, [322].
Siao-ho river, [199].
Siberia, Korean settlers in, [223], [234];
“cussedness” of Siberian ponies, [232].
Si-jo style of music, [165].
Sill, Mr., [269], [281].
Simpson, Mr. J. Y., [244].
Sin-gang Kam, [109].
Sin Ki Sun, [438].
Sin-kyei Sa monastery, [149].
Siphun river, [241].
Siptai-wong, the, or “Ten Judges,” [288].
“Six Great Roads,” the, [128].
Slavery abolished, [385].
Smith, Mr. Charles, [217].
Social position of women, [338].
Société des Missions Etrangères, [389].
So-il, [95].
Sök-wang Sa monastery, [169], [170].
Soldier, the Korean, [56], [434];
the Chinese, [209];
the Russian, [218].
Sol-rak San mountain, [100].
Song-do, visit to the city of, [293].
Song, examples of native, [166].
Söng Ju dæmon, [418].
Söng Whoang Dan altar, [417], [418].
Sön-tong, [141].
Sorcerers and geomancers, [403].
Sorning (sponging) on relations, [446], [447].
Spanish chestnuts, groves of, [108].
Spasskoje, [242].
Spinsterhood, [115].
Spirits, evil, classified, [421], [422].
Spirit shrine, a, [129], [133].
Spirit worship, [22], [63], [95], [96].
“Star Board,” the, [287].
St. Peter, Sisters of, [64].
St. Peter the Great, Gulf of, [220].
Straw fringes, use of, [299].
Streets, [27], [435].
Stripling, Mr. A. B., [441].
Su-chung Dai, [155].
Sugimura, Mr., [275], [277].
Suicide, prevalence of in Mukden, [205].
Sun-chhön, [338].
Sungacha river, [244].
Suruga Maru, the s. s., [269].
Swallow King’s Rewards, The, [354].
Swings, [164].
Sword and Dragon Dance, the, [353].
Syo-im, [159].
Tablets, stone, [103].
Tai-döng river, [14], [17], [108], [308], [310], [314], [315], [322], [324], [327], [330], [335], [338], [344], [355].
Taiping rebellion, [188].
Tai-won-Kun, the, [37], [207], [255], [256], [262], [269], [271], [274], [275], [362], [437].
Taku forts, the, [186].
Tanning industry, the, [441].
Tan-pa-Ryöng Pass, the, [132], [133], [134].
Tan-yang, [75], [90], [94], [97], [98], [106].
Tao-jol, the, [303].
Ta-rai, [111].
Tarantass (Russian vehicle), the, [225], [226], [228].
Ta-ri-mak, [163], [168].
Taxation, burden of, [102], [384].
Tchyu-Chichang Pass, [152].
Temperature, high, [157], [159], [160], [172], [191], [193];
low, [204], [246], [302].
Temple, interior of a, [87].
Temple of the God of War, [60].
“Temple of the Ten Judges,” [136].
Temples, [84], [133], [149], [170], [295], [303].
“Ten Judges,” the, [288].
Thong-chhön, [155].
“Throwing the ball,” [353].
Tientsin, [175];
treaty of, [206].
Tiger-hunters, [73], [127], [150].
Tigers, Korean and Manchurian, [73];
the hunting of, [73], [150];
dread of, [127];
“tiger on the brain,” [132].
Ti Ju dæmon, [419], [420].
Tok Chhön, [323], [325], [327], [328];
squalor of dwellings at, [329], [333], [345].
Tol Maru, [302].
Tomak-na-dali, [85].
Tombs, [77].
Tong-haks, the, [29], [80], [177], [180], [181], [206], [264], [370].
Tong-ku, [131].
Top knot, the, [359], [360], [361], [362];
proclamation regarding, [366].
Tornado, a, [130].
To-tam, [99], [100], [101].
To-ti-chi Shin dæmons, [418].
Toys, [168].
Trade, [24], [25], [31], [32], [304], [308], [391], [396], [450];
statistics, [462], [466];
foreign, extent of, [391], [392], [464].
Tragedy, a palace, [273].
Trans-Siberian railroad, [174];
trip over eastern section of, [239];
construction of, [244].
Transition stage, a, in Korean annals, [261].
Travellers, [127].
Travelling, arrangements for, [67], [70].
Treasury department at Seoul, [381];
cleansing of, [449].
Treaties with foreign countries, [19], [471], [473].
Treaty ports, [20], [32], [357], [458];
population of, [469], [470].
Treaty powers, the, [207].
Troops (Chinese) on march, [206].
Tso, General, [203], [210], [215], [315], [320];
death of, [316].
Tsushima, island of, [23].
Tu-men river, [14], [17], [223], [228], [230], [231], [233], [242].
“Twelve Thousand Peaks,” beauty of the, [138].
Tyzen Ho river, [233].
Underwood, Mrs., [251], [252], [254], [279].
Un-san, [322].
Unterberger, General, [217].
Upper classes, inactivity of, [446].
Ur-röp-so, [108].
Ussuri, [239], [240].
Ussuri railway, [239], [240].
Ut-Kiri, [107], [110].
Vermin, protection against, [292].
Vernacular schools, Government, [388].
Victoria, Queen, referred to by Queen of Korea, [259].
Victory, cost of, [267].
Villages, [77], [162], [225], [226], [229], [234];
dirty and squalid, [130].
Village system, the, [383];
council of, [384].
Vladivostok (See Wladivostok).
Vocal music, native, [166].
Volcanic action, signs of, [14], [16].
“Volunteer Fleet,” the Russian, [218], [239].
Voracity of the Koreans, [154].
Voyage up the Han, A, [82];
its drawbacks, [105].
Waeber, Mr., [183], [368], [431];
Mme., [280].
“Walking the Bridges,” custom of, [266].
War, impending, [177].
War declared, [208], [454];
disarranges ocean transit, [213];
enthusiasm for, [214];
reforms induced by, [268].
Warner, Mr., [68].
War Office, [382].
Waters, Colonel, [244].
Wei-hai-wei, fall of, [267].
Wei-man, [355].
Western China, visit to, [282], [284];
equipment for, [284].
Whang Hai coast, the, [357].
Whang Ju, [308-310].
“White-headed Mountain,” [14].
Widows, remarriage of, [291], [385].
Wife, the duty of a, [118].
Wildfowl, [174].
Wilkinson, Mr., [31].
Witch doctors, [203].
Wladivostok, [24], [25], [175], [213-222], [223], [224], [239], [240], [241];
great progress of, [219];
its militarism, [221];
Chinese shops in, [220];
climate of, [222];
Korean settlements near, [233];
population of, [219];
public buildings in, [220];
visit of the Tsar to, [239].
Wol-po, [323].
Women of Korea, seclusion and inferior position of, [13], [119];
“slaves to the laundry” at Seoul, [45];
Seoul women permitted to take exercise in the streets only after nightfall, [47];
curious to see and inspect the garb of foreign women, [88], [94], [127];
subjection of as a wife, [118];
social position of, [338], [339];
peasant women, [340].
Won-chön, [110].
Wong, “my servant,” [66], [69], [92], [110], [125], [127], [164], [193], [197].
Won Ju, [90], [94].
Wön-San, [14], [19], [20], [73], [109], [112], [123], [150], [158], [160], [163], [169], [170], [173-178], [184], [245], [328], [395];
population of, [176], [470];
Japanese troops pass through, [245].
Wön-sang, trade of, [176].
Wyers, Mr., [69], [70].
Wylie, Mr., murder of, [208], [211].
Yalu river, the, [14].
Yamen, a, [86], [93], [104], [112], [163], [262], [303], [338];
runners, [51], [57], [86], [336], [338], [339].
Yang-bans, [59], [77-79], [87], [101], [102], [114], [116], [127], [235], [322], [338], [448], [450].
Yang-kun, [83].
Yangtze rapids, the, [106].
Yang-wöl, [103].
Yantchihe, [226], [227].
Ye Cha Yun, [427], [435].
Yellow Sea, the, [14], [30].
Yen, the Japanese, [305].
Yi family, dæmon of the, [425].
Yi, General, [206].
Yi Hak In, Mr., [283], [284], [292], [294], [298], [302], [304], [308], [312], [318], [320], [324], [326], [331], [334], [354], [356].
Yi Kyöng-jik, [273].
Ying-tzü, [186].
Yö Ju, town of, [86], [87];
authoress an object of curiosity at, [89].
Yöng-Chhun, [75], [76], [102], [103], [104], [106];
rapids of, [105].
Yong-Wöl, [78].
Yön-yung Pa-da, [357].
Yuan, Mr., [44], [183];
big bell at, [147].
Yu-chöm Sa Monastery, the, [138], [142], [143], [146], [147].
Yul-sa, the monk, [135].
Yung-hing, [173].
Yung-wön, [328].