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inscriptions in Keum- gang- sein '^ or the " Diamond Mountains." 

 The rather coarse granite (with epidote) on the top of the 

 Yö-iiön-chhi was sHghtly sheared in the direction of N. 20^ E. 

 towards the Yiik-sim-ngong pass ■\ wliich is visible from here to- 

 wards the north and forms the prolongation of the ridge. The 

 Pi-hong-chl ridge was seen running with regular trend on the 

 western horizon (PI. XIV. fig. 1). We were now on tlie rim of 

 tlie high Un-hong flat (370 m), from which the axial ridge of the 

 Ckiri-san ridge was seen towards the east raising its submerged 

 but regular crest (1239 in) witli wall-like sharpness (PI. XIV. fiig. 

 2), and coming suddenly to an end towards the north-east in con- 

 sequence of its having been cut down obliquely by the Pam-chhi 

 fault. The channel of drainage of tlie flat and our road went 

 through the wind-gap thus produced. 



At the entrance of the said wind-gap, 4 hn northeast of 

 Un-bono the cumnai of Un-hong ^\ is Pi-dj'ôn ^\ literal!}^ the village of the 

 temple of the done monument. This was an unfortunate battle 

 ground for the Japanese ; for even the disorderly tumultuous Korean 

 soldiers here had the good luck to win two victories over their 

 superior opponents. Tliere are three shrines (PI. XIV. fig. 3) over- 

 shadowed by a group of Celtis sinensis. One contains an inscrip- 

 tion commemorating the victory over tlic Japanese in 1594 ; it 

 is engraved on the natural granite exposure half enclosed in the 

 shrine. The second is a. fine shrine with a tablet bearing an 

 inscription commemorating the victory of General I-Söng-kyöi ^^ 

 in defeating an enterprising band of pirates from southern 

 Japan. Afterwards this general rose in power, detln-oned the last 

 king of Ko-ryöi and became the first sovereign of tlie present 



J) ^mMX '^) ^.-f m. 3) g ^ 4) ï^ 6S (PI. XV fig. 1). 5) ^ ^ S 



