A woman in the Antipodes and in the Far East . thatat last I consented to go, and I must say that my amiabilitywas rewarded when I got there. We left our rickshaws at the foot of a hill and climbed awinding path, from which we could see hundreds of peoplescaling the hills from all points, and we at last reached thescene of action, which was a marvellous sight. A pavilionwas erected on a hill from which the shooting took target was far away, across the valley, on a hillopposite, and the undulating ground between was white asfallen snow with masses of men clad in long white coats,the c
A woman in the Antipodes and in the Far East . thatat last I consented to go, and I must say that my amiabilitywas rewarded when I got there. We left our rickshaws at the foot of a hill and climbed awinding path, from which we could see hundreds of peoplescaling the hills from all points, and we at last reached thescene of action, which was a marvellous sight. A pavilionwas erected on a hill from which the shooting took target was far away, across the valley, on a hillopposite, and the undulating ground between was white asfallen snow with masses of men clad in long white coats,the costume of the country. The garment is rather loose, with a girdle passedround the body under the arm-pits and tied in front. Thetrousers are loose and fall over straw sandals like spats, ifhigh boots are not worn. On the head is a black horse-hair frame about four inches high, fitting tightly over theforehead, and on the top of that is worn a black hat like aninverted flower-pot with a wide flat brim. This is tied sHOOTixd coMPF/rrnoN, KokKAX WuMKX MUKDEN AND SEOUL 327 under the chin with ribbon strings, rather like the Welshhead-gear. On this occasion the day was so fine that noone was likely to require either the little extinguisher-shaped protector for these hats, which folds like a fan andis carried up the sleeve ; or the oil-skin, or oil-paper coatwhich is worn in wet weather. Some, to shield their heads from the scorching heat ofthe sun which prevails during the summer, wore broad-brimmed coverings like wicker baskets. The whole effectof these curiously dressed people en masse was picturesquein the extreme. Nearly all carried fans, either for cooling|)urposes, or for shelter from the sun, which was shining sobrightly that the glare from the white costumes was verydazzling. There were two competing teams, and at a given signal,an arrow would be sent flying across, over the heads of thepeople, from one end of the ground to the target at theother. Markers were in att
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