Pictorial Chosen and Manchuria . terest CIioscn is .-I foimlrv worth visiting iroin many ]K)ints of view. It iKst cHnuitc in the ()riciit, (hv and cxhilaratinj^ in winter and trcncrallyvcrj- <lciiL!;httul (hirin<^ the rest of the year. It is uni([ue in its custf)ms, (iistiiKtive .irchitectmc, and has scenery, not so heautiinl indeed as tiiat f)f|a])an l)nt far sur[)assint; it in grandeur and snl)limity. Ihv loUowing pietnresshow something of the places a Westerner would like to visit if he were inthis country. Seoul (;iCM), the ea])iLal of Old Korea, and the jirescnt seat
Pictorial Chosen and Manchuria . terest CIioscn is .-I foimlrv worth visiting iroin many ]K)ints of view. It iKst cHnuitc in the ()riciit, (hv and cxhilaratinj^ in winter and trcncrallyvcrj- <lciiL!;httul (hirin<^ the rest of the year. It is uni([ue in its custf)ms, (iistiiKtive .irchitectmc, and has scenery, not so heautiinl indeed as tiiat f)f|a])an l)nt far sur[)assint; it in grandeur and snl)limity. Ihv loUowing pietnresshow something of the places a Westerner would like to visit if he were inthis country. Seoul (;iCM), the ea])iLal of Old Korea, and the jirescnt seat of the Govern-ment-(ienerjil of Chosen, is loeated about the middle of the country, near thewestern coast, with the nol)le llan (j^jr.) flowing to the south of it and thelofty range of Iukhan (-jtv^lll) the north. It is surrounded by acrenelated wall, 10-20 feet in height and 1-f miles iii circumference, lieingthe capital of the Peninsula for five centuries, it abounds in ]);daces, gates, tombs, (Continued on Pngc 147). m 271. Keunjungjun ($l]i4:It), mainhall of the old North Palace(:^!fig), Seoul tv:*. 272. Kwangwhamoon (^ftPT).main gate of the old NorthPalace ^ffa^)< Seoul (jjr
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