EXPLANATION OF PLATE XXXI. 



Korean Gun and Accoutrements. 



(Upper figure.) 



Fig. 1. Match-lock Gun. Short stock, of hard wood; octagonal barrel; smooth 

 bore. Trigger aud sights. Stock decorated with bauds of cherry bark. 

 Match of twisted tow. Held upon the shoulder when firiug. Length, 4 

 feet. (Cat. No. 151280, U. S. N. M. Seoul, Korea. Collected by W. W. 

 Kockhill.') 



(Lower line, commencing at the left.) 



Fig. 1. Priming Horn. Tip of a horn with orifice in the point closed by a strip of 

 horn forming a spring and allowing a few grains of powder to fall out 

 upon pressure. A relic of siiirmish of June, 1871. Length, 3f inches. 

 (Cat. No. 72899, U. S. N. M, Korea. Collected by W. W. Kockhill.) 



Fig. 2. Bullet Bag. Two thicknesses of coarse cotton. The bullets are sprung 

 out from a bird's bill device in wood. A relic of 1871. Length, 9 inches. 

 (Cat. No. 72898, U. S. N. M. Korea. Collected by W. B. Brooks, U. S. N.) 



Fig. 3. Powder Case and Charger. Octagonal box of jatropha curcas wood, in 

 rude imitation of a turtle. The charger, an ivory tube, slides into a recess 

 in front of the case. A relic of 1871. Length, 6^ inches ; width, 4|^ inches ; 

 height, 2i inches. (Cat. No. 72900, U. S. N. M. Korea. Collected by W. 

 B. Brooks, U. S. N.) 



