Q ART. l.-B. KO IC): 



many in former days. The book Ghyo-syön-phal-yök-chi^ says : fc ' The 

 Kuen-lan system sends oft' the [n-shan 2) range, etc. eastward through 

 the south of shamo as far as I-wu-lu-shan 3) , where it is cut off by the 

 plain of Liau-tung; but it again rises to Paik-tu-san, which is what 

 is called the Pul-ham-san 4) in the Buddhistic work San-hai-Kyöng 5 ^. 

 From Paik-tu-san one ridge branches off northwards to Ninguta, 

 while the right arm stretches southwards under the name of the 

 Korean Range." 



" This Korean Range starts from the before-mentioned Päik- 

 tu-san, the sacred shrine and cradle of the Koreans, towards the 

 coast-ridge— the Syo-Chyang-paik-san 6J of northern Ham-gyöng Do. 

 It turns to the S.W. from the free port of Syöng-jin still following 

 the coast, then southwards from Ham-heung, and is linked to the 

 chains of Thvül-lyöng 7) of Won-san, Keum-gang-san 8) or the Diamond 

 Mountains, and then to Thai-Paik-san 9) at the north corner of Kyöng- 

 syang Do. While the last-named proceeds straight along the coast, 

 one ridge shoots off to the S.W. under the general name of the 

 Small or Syc-Paik-san, forming the boundary with Chhyung-chhyöng 

 Do on the X.W. In its course, one ridge is again detached to the 

 S.W. at Tüg-vu-saii" from the main stem, which traverses obliquely 

 Chyoi-la Do, and reaches Häi-nam, finally emerging in the island 

 of Chyöi-jyu (Quelpart), off the south coast of the same province." 



'• Thus the main ridge runs along; the cast coast, forming; the 

 well-pronounced water-parting, so that most of the large rivers empty 

 into the Yellow Sea, while the short and rapid streams all flow 

 down lo the Pyök-häi or Blue Sea (the Sea of Japan). Between the 



1) The anther of this book (J$8$A$!&) was I-Chyung-hoari l^fgt&l. 2) fèUJ. 



6) 'Hi OUT 7) $&. 8) <kföijiü. 



:i) ThaiorGreal Päik-san (jkfâlU)- l0 ) @ï£|ll at the junction of three provinces. 



