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THE LIVING RACES OF MANKIND 



strong and dangerous; then the great Boar Feast is celebrated, and the sacred animal is 

 immolated and eaten by its worshippers. 



KOREA. 



THE people of the Peninsula of Korea, numbering about 8,000,000, are mainly of Mongolian 

 stock, but there may be present also a Caucasian element. Their hair is black, but one often 

 meets with faces that look almost English. Women are not much esteemed among the 

 Koreans, but they enjoy a considerable amount of freedom, and it is only among the upper 

 classes that they are kept in seclusion. Strong affection for their children is one of the better 



Pli.olo bij jj/e.\r&. A'ajintu tfe tfuwo. 



TWO AINU MEN IN DUG-OUT CANOE. 



characteristics of these people. Filial piety is held in the highest estimation, and the conduct 

 of a son to his father is guided by a great number of rules. If he meets him on the way, 

 he must bow down to him with the humblest obeisance. If he writes to him, he must 

 employ the most respectful forms in the language. If the father is sick, his son must attend 

 him; if the father is in prison, the sou must be somewhere close at hand. If the father is 

 exiled, the son must accompany him on his journey. On the death of his father the eldest 

 sou becomes the head of the family, responsible for all the duties of a father towards his 

 brothers and sisters, who receive no assigned share in the patrimony. The houses in Korea are 

 of one storey only, flimsily built of wood, clay, and rice-straw, usually covered with thatch, and 

 very badly provided with windows. The dwellings of the commoner people are only about 

 10 or 12 feet square, with bare earth for floor, covered in a few instances with mats of poor 



