. Corea, the hermit nation : I. Ancient and mediaeval history. II. Political and social Corea. III. Modern and recent history. nd the fishermenare very skilful in managing them. In their working-boats, theydo not use oars, but sculls, worked on a pivot in the gunwale oran outrigger. The sculls have a very long sweep, and are worked 196 COREA. by two, thiee, and even ten men. For narrow rivers this methodis very convenient, and many boats can easily j)ass each other, ormove side by side, taking up \erj little room. For fishing amongthe rocks, or for landing in the suif, rafts are extensively us
. Corea, the hermit nation : I. Ancient and mediaeval history. II. Political and social Corea. III. Modern and recent history. nd the fishermenare very skilful in managing them. In their working-boats, theydo not use oars, but sculls, worked on a pivot in the gunwale oran outrigger. The sculls have a very long sweep, and are worked 196 COREA. by two, thiee, and even ten men. For narrow rivers this methodis very convenient, and many boats can easily j)ass each other, ormove side by side, taking up \erj little room. For fishing amongthe rocks, or for landing in the suif, rafts are extensively used allalong the coasts. These rafts have a platform, capable of holdingeight or ten persons. The boats or barges, which are used forjDleasure excuisions and j)icnic parties, have high bows and orna-mental sterns, carved or otherwise decorated. Over the centre acanopy stretched on four poles, tufted with horsehair, shelters thepleasure-seekers from the sun as they enjoy the river scenery. Inthe cut we see three officials, or men of rank, enjoying themselvesat a table, on which may be tea, ginseng infusion, or rice spirit,. A Pleasure-party on the River. ?«ith fruits in dishes. They sit on silken cushions, and seem to bepledging each other in a friendly cup. Perhaps they will composeand exchange a pedantic poem or two on the way. In the long, highbow there is room for the two men to walk the deck, while withtheir poles they j)ropel the craft gently along the stream, while thesteersman handles the somewhat unwieldy rudder The commonpeople use a boat made of plain unpainted wood, neatly joinedtogether, \\dthout nails or metal, the fastenings being of wood, thecushions of straw matting and the cordage of sea grass. By official reckoning Chung-chong contains 244,080 houses,Avith 139,201 men enrolled for military service, in fifty-fourdistricts. It contains ten walled cities, and like every other oneof the eight provinces is divided into two deimrtments, Rig]it andLeft. THE EIGHT PRO
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