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very high mountainous country, nevertheless we find mountains 

 every where. It is topographically speaking ;i labyrinth, and one 

 will find orientation very difficult in the country withoul the help of 

 good maps. The general disposition of the land is like ;i checker- 

 board ; this being due t<> the crossing; of mountain-directions. / havi 

 already enumerated about 1(1 ridges of the Korean System, nil running 

 more or less north-south, terminating in head-lands, peninsulas and 

 islands in the Southern Archipelago. As instances of these southerly 

 projecting points may lie mentioned Ta-thai-pho near the mouth of 

 the Nak-tong Gang, Kö-chyöi and Nam-häi Is., the peninsulas of 

 Yo-syu and Heung-yang, the head-lands of Thyon-goan-san and 

 Tai-dun-san 1} , and lastly, the island of Chin-to 2) at the south-west 

 corner of Korea. The last-named island marks the boundary of the 

 Southern and Western Archipelagoes, and divides the waters of the 

 Yellow Sea from those of the Nam-häi or South Sea. 



Any one, coasting round the archipelago, will readily notice 

 where the Yelloir Sea liegins hi/ its turbidy and yellow colour. This 

 peculiarity arises apparently from complicated causes. Swift currents, 

 shallowness of the waters near the coast and great differences in tidal 

 height* are the principal factors which stir up the water and make 

 it muddy. 



i) *<£Uj 



* Spring-tide. Neap. 



Mouth of the Tai-dong Gang...21fft. 15J ft 



Chyang-san-kot 14 10] 



Mouth of the Han * tang 34 



Che-mul-pho 292 - ' .'• 



Su-chhyök Group IG 10| 



Na-jyu Orouii 13 '.e 



Great Heuk-sau-to Oroup 103 4 



Mok-pho 14 Ki 



Chin-to Is 143 H 



/Maru Gulf 15 '•'.} 



I So-an-do Group ...10$ 7£ 



2) £.ß. 



Spring-tide. 



Chyang-rliiu^-no harbour 11£ 



Teung-nyang Bay i:: : ; 



Port Hamilton 11 



Fö-chä Hay 13] 



Yo-syu Bay 12J 



Tha-ryang Ferry 10 



(Sea of Han-san-to) 

 _Kö-chyöi Is. (.'ast coast) 6£ 



Neap. 



ft. 7i ft 



'A 



6* 



H 



Pusan 



glGen-san I£ 



3 i Syii-syu-ra Aneh 3-4 



'J: *■ (Tuman < tang) 



