EXPLANATION OF PLATE 11. 



Seoul, the Capital of Korea. 



View of the city wall aud North Mountain, from the street upon which 

 the United States legation is situated. "The walls of Seoul, like those of 

 Chinese cities, are of stoue, battlemeuted, with heavy gateways of wood 

 work and tile; the walls are studded with portholes, but there are no 

 cannon." W. E. Carles: Recent Journeys in Korea; Proc. Roy. Geog. 

 Soc, May, 1886. 



(From a photograph by P. L. Joiiy in the U. S. National Museam.) 



