Pictorial Chosen and Manchuria . out, and not only havethey lx«n cleaned of all objectionable sights which makeone shudder ]:)ut in some parts nothing is left to l:)ear witnessto the former squalor. I^ess picturesc[ue, indeed, it is now one ofthe cleanest and the most modern cities in the Far East, whetherviewed as a \^•hole or in detail. Fictures 120 and 121 showthe city of Seoul (^i^) about 1900, Ijefore any street improvementwas undertaken. The large two-storied Ijuilding in the centre ofthe first picture is South Gate (l^::^P3), to the left of it part ofthe citj wall is still to be
Pictorial Chosen and Manchuria . out, and not only havethey lx«n cleaned of all objectionable sights which makeone shudder ]:)ut in some parts nothing is left to l:)ear witnessto the former squalor. I^ess picturesc[ue, indeed, it is now one ofthe cleanest and the most modern cities in the Far East, whetherviewed as a \^•hole or in detail. Fictures 120 and 121 showthe city of Seoul (^i^) about 1900, Ijefore any street improvementwas undertaken. The large two-storied Ijuilding in the centre ofthe first picture is South Gate (l^::^P3), to the left of it part ofthe citj wall is still to be seen. The big foreign building rightalwve the South (iate (]^;:A;t3) s the Russian legation whichplayed so in]]K)rtant a role in the latter day history ot Korea. — 11 — 121 1 1 ? ? ^h|»^<- m ? ?1 IH^^^^^^I ^^^F m^HH ^^W^: ^^^l^^^^^^^^l I 1. ^,^ ^ Hgg HF ^ r^l^j^vv-?^ ^^^i^^^^^^^^l ^^^^g Kr-- Jt ^^* infl^^^^^^^^^^^^^l H ll ?^ wait Bh^B^fe .^ ^^.^, ?nnii^^^H 121. City of Seoul (^,^) in 1900 — Central 122. City of Seoul (5(155) in 1919 —Central part. — T2 —
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