Notices of the proceedings at the meetings of the members of the Royal Institution of Great Britain with abstracts of the discourses . eing under the impression of being in a desertedcity. My First Walk through the City. It is generally on the first day that we catch the most character-istic traits, or at any rate the most salient features strike our imagina-tion. When our perceptive powers are still fresh, they are mostinfluenced by little peculiarities. After breakfast I go out for a stroll, and find the palace gate infront of me, outside which some soldiers are standing. Beyond itstretches
Notices of the proceedings at the meetings of the members of the Royal Institution of Great Britain with abstracts of the discourses . eing under the impression of being in a desertedcity. My First Walk through the City. It is generally on the first day that we catch the most character-istic traits, or at any rate the most salient features strike our imagina-tion. When our perceptive powers are still fresh, they are mostinfluenced by little peculiarities. After breakfast I go out for a stroll, and find the palace gate infront of me, outside which some soldiers are standing. Beyond itstretches a long street towards which I turn. This is the same streetwhich yesterday resembled a vast graveyard. The houses now standopen, as the wooden wall, looking on the street, has been are a considerable number of shops, but small and mean,displaying no wares that attract my attention. The cabinet makersmake the best show, consisting of small chests, with brass ornament-ation, having large polished locks. These are no less quaint thanthey are tasteful. They seem to sell well, for in a whole row I can see nothing 1904.] on First Impressions of Seoul. 503 There is also no lack of seeds, but the baskets do not offer a quarterof the variety of a Chinese grocery. I do not thiuk I saw any moreshops, at least any that I remarked. They seemed small and empty,never more than a couple of customers in the shop. What attracted especially my attention was the large number ofsentry-boxes. Every five or ten yards you came across a box with astubby black, red and yellow soldier inside, armed! No matter where I turn there are sentry-boxes everywhere, to theright, to the left, in front and behind me. Can it be a fact that awhole army is required to keep this little folk in order ? Street Life. Xo sooner had I put this question to myself than I perceive adisturbance. Some coolies carrying vegetables engaged in a battleroyal, and two boys pitching into each other. But the private
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