242 National Geographic Magazine. 
a small map (Fig. III) giving the Korean names of the towns 
and districts with their English equivalents and the names of the 
provinces of the kingdom in which the places are situated. I 
was told repeatedly that the metal was most plentiful at Tan- 
chhon, in the Ham-kiung province. Concerning this locality our 
Korean geographer says, “at Ma-un, west of Tan-chhon, much 
gold is found. The mountains there are lofty and precipitous.” 
