34 AKT 2. — B. KOTÔ : 



already mentioned (PI. III. fig. 3) ^\ and on the 29th the bloody 

 battle was fought in which sixty thousand soldiers and citizens 

 within the city-wall were massacred and the whole city l)urnt 

 with üre, so that literally every living thing, even down to the 

 domestic animals and fowls, was annihilated. Thus Taikô's 

 thirst for vengeance was quenched. 



I purposelv mention this dreadful Oiln-Jijii battle, for it was 

 the fiercest engagement during the Korean expedition of 1592 to 

 1598. Travellers will still find three red slnines built by the 

 Koreans on the top of the castle-hill and commanding a view of 

 the river. Each sln-ine encloses a large tablet with lengthy inscrip- 

 tions ; the eastern one commemorating tl^e sad event ; tlie middle 

 the brave act of two generals ; and the last, the western, tliat 

 of the commandant Kim-chhudn-iV'\ The white clothed Koreans 

 are by nature out-door people and lovers of scenery. They usually 

 view (PI. lY. fig. 1) the shrines and the large two- storey hall of 

 Chyuk-söJi-ru ''^ from the south side of tlie river. On the chft' at 

 the water's edge thick benches of gray calcareo- micaceous 

 sandstone are well exposed (fig. 1), dipping at low angles to the 

 east. This is the uppermost bed of the basal member of the 

 Kyong-scmg formation. 



Besides the strong fort, the position of Chin-jyu is, topogra- 

 phically speaking, of some significance. It is the turning point 

 of the Yöng-gang (Nam-gang), which from this point flows towards 

 the north-east to' join the Nak-tong-gang at its bend at Y'ông-gang- 

 jin, instead of cutting a much shorter channel across the low 

 hilly tract to the south sea only 10 hn distant at Sà-chhj'ùn^K 



1) The photographie view of Chin-jyu was taken from the pass. 



2) ^ =p ^ Holoiho (pseudonym) : The Annals of the Korean Expedition of the 

 Bunrolai-Keichô period, p. 110. [4t ^ Uj K ^ "^ ^^. ^ ^ ^ W^l 



3) ^ ;fj ^ 4) fig Jl| 



