an OROGRAPHIC SKETCH OF KOBE \ | ] 



and the line drawn from the mouth of the Chhyöng-chhyön Gang and 

 Ham-heung is the Kai-ina 15 plateau. It embraces the northern halves 

 (West and Easl Kai-ma) of Phyöng-an Do and Ham-gyöng Do. The 

 Hain-gyöng Do portion is on average L,000 meters high, thai of 

 Phyöng-an Do 600 meters. The plateau may without hesitation be 

 compared with the Great Khingan {Hsing-an) and [nner Mongolia. 

 South Korea on the other hand abounds in hills interspersed with 

 plains. 



b'ii'tlih/. because in consequence of the climatical and orographi- 

 cal conditions, the south is rich and fertile producing the rice, the 

 main staple of the country and hence being the granary of the penin- 

 sula. Various kinds oftall bamboos, which play an important rôle in 

 household economy are only grown in the south. Their northern 

 limit of growth, which is also that of the Camellia Japonica, is the 

 oblique line drawn from the free port of Kun-san to Ul-chin at the 

 south corner of Kang-uön Do. 



sixthly, because the physique and temper of the inhabitants 

 differ in both halves. A Korean proverb says of the southern men 

 and the northern women " nam nam peuh nyö ", meaning that they 

 are in bodily appearance more attractive than their respectively op- 

 posite sexes. The southerners are light-hearted and cunning, the 

 northerners are silent and obstinate. 



1) Kai-ma (^JÇ), one of the provinces of China before the Ku-ryo dynasty. 



