KOREAN GUNBEARER, WITH PURPLE AZALEAS 



This gunbearer, Paik-sontar, accompanied Mr. R. C. Andrews on the Museum's expedition 

 of 1912. He belongs to the "tiger hunters," an important military guild to which is 

 elected anyone who has been sufficiently courageous to kill a tiger — this feat 

 being difficult of accomplishment with the primitive native weapons. 

 Azaleas, rhododendrons and other flowering shrubs are found 

 everywhere in Korea, their colors painting the moun- 

 tain slopes about the first of June 



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