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THE LIU-KIU ISLANDS. 



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the capital. The scenery becomes more broken; more romantic, 

 in guide-book phraseology. The country is less highly cultivated, 





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ENTRANCE GATE OF SHIURI. 



and abrupt liills and small coppices take the place of the fields of 

 rice and beans. As we advanced, Shiuri became visible again ; its 

 fortress, crowned with pines, standing out against the sky-line. 



