[24]

I asked the spotted butterfly.

To take me on his wing and fly

To yonder mountain’s breezy side.

The trixy tiger moth I’ll ride

As home I come.

[25] In January of 1897, the population of Wön-san was as follows:—

Japanese1,299
Chinese39
American8
German3
British2
French2
Russian2
Danish1
Norwegian1
1,357

Estimated Korean population, 15,000.

CHAPTER XIII
IMPENDING WAR—EXCITEMENT AT CHEMULPO