AN OKOGR M'lIK SKETCH OF KOBE \ 7 



Thai-Päik-san and Syo-Päik-san ranges, however, the Nak-tong Gang 

 and Syöm-jin Grang 8) discharge their waters into the southern sea." 



The above statement of the Korean geographer is in the main 



correct. If V. RlCHTHOFEN had read ['s description with the late 

 Hassenstein's map 3) of Korea in hand, lie could doubtless have drawn 

 a good picture of the orography «if the peninsula in his "China", or 

 " Mo)-phologischen Studien aus Ostasien" from his wide experience and 

 dee]) knowledge of Eastern Asia. 



II. NORTH AND SOUTH KOREA. 



Before entering upon the subject proper, I will first of all 

 speak of its two main divisions. If a line be drawn obliquely 

 through the peninsula from Chyo-syön Bay (Broughton Bay) on the 

 north-east to Kang-hoa Bay 4) near Che-mul-pho 5) , it wiJi nearly 

 coincide with the neck of the imaginary rabbit, and will divide the 

 peninsula ,;) approximately into two equal halves. The part lying to 

 the north-west of this line comprises three departments of Ham- 

 gyöng Do, Phyöng-an Do, and Hoang-häi Do. The corresponding 

 south-eastern half includes the remaining five departments of Kyöng- 



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3) Peteruiaun"s Geographische Mittheilungen. Jahrgang 1SS3, Tafel Id. 



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6) The area of the peninsula is 218,650 sq. kilometers. With Italy. Japan, and Manchuria 

 it is in the following proportions: 1 : 1.3: 17: 4.3. 



