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near the Mid-sea Diamond Mountains. The pass of Tai-koal-lyöng 

 west of Kang-neung is the ascent to this edge, and I was in the habit 

 of noting down in my diary the whole coastal ridge by this name. 

 It, however, lowers at the north of Syöl-ak-san 1} , becoming again 

 steep and high at the before-mentioned Diamond Mountain, whose 

 maritime escarpment is nothing more than this ridge. The coves of 

 Ul-san and Chyang-chyön are the two inlets at both ends. There is a 

 space left, 4-8 kilometers wide, between the ridge and the shore all 

 along: the harbour-less coast. This long belt of 400 kilometers is a 

 low hilly foreland, excepting in the Sam-chhyök 2) district where it is 

 rocky, as the Syo-Paik-san ends at the sea. 



The Kang-Liün Do portion, north of Kang-uön was in former 

 times called the land of Yoi 3) or barbarians 43 , at later times the name 

 was changed to Myong-jyu 5) or the Maritime province. There is no 

 other part of the peninsula the past history of which is so little 

 known as that of this poor, obscure district, and this is solely due to 

 its peculiar geographical situation. The only easy way that leads to 

 the maritime region from the interior is the one going up along the 

 Ku-mi Gang G) , an upper tributary of the Han river, from the general 

 magisterial town Chhyun-chhyön 7) via In-työi 8) . 



iii. Inland ridge. — This is one of the elements of the triple 

 structure of the Thai-Päik-san, and the line of dislocation marks the 

 western limit of the mountain, throwing down the west side to ' a 

 lower level. The said line runs nearly through the middle of Kyöng- 

 syang Do, and creates the meridional basin of the Nak-tong Gang, 

 the western elevation being the often-cited Syo-Päik-san ridge on the 

 boundary of the province. Though the scarp has no pronounced 



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