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sail" of Kö-chhyang**, finally being cut short ai Tok-tai-san 8 ' Dear 

 the Chhyu-phung-nyöng puss. This is the highest ridge and forms 



the boundary of two provinces. 



At the recess and foot of Chiri-san several pagodas are found, one 

 of them being Ssang-gyöi-sä 4) ,- and the intermontane valleys are 

 infested with hordes of hungry bandits. The Chiri-san region, 

 presenting the characteristic granitic semn-y, is one of the four 

 celebrated mountains in Korea, that are adorned with pagodas, the 

 other three being Ku-uöl-san 5) of Hoang-häi Do, Hyang-san 6 ' of 

 Phyöng-an Do, and the oft-mentioned Diamond Mountains of Kang- 

 uon Do, all granitic mountains. 



The massives, lying to the east of this axial ridge, people call the 

 Chiri-san of Kyöng-syang Do, and the opposite the Chyölla Do 

 Chiri-san. The axial ridge turns its fault-scarp to the east. If we 

 compare this with the Median ridge of the Thai-Päik-san, the Hoang- 

 chhi ridge should be placed parallel with the coastal ridge. Through 

 the undulating hilly land goes a road from San-chhyöng to Chi-ryöi 7 ' 

 through An-eui 8) and Ko-chhyang. It is remarkable to find that this 

 comparatively easy, intermontane highway is not recognized by any 

 except by the natives. It goes along the foot of the inner ridge 

 parallel to the course of the middle Nak-tong Gang, though we have 

 to cross several hill necks of naked, decomposing granitic rocks. 



iii. The Yuk-sim-nyöng Ridge. — Again the ridge starts from the 

 headland of Heung-yang 9) , and passing the passes of Pul-chhi 10) (320 m.) 

 and Chyün-san iu of ~Nak-an 12) , Pam-chhi i; ' and Yo-u<">n-ehhi 14) (435 me- 



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