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aimlessl}'' over the landscape, changing direction with the seasons, 

 but crowded with travelers at all seasons of the year, for the Korean 

 is a restless being, and the custom of his country enables him at 

 sundown, Avhen the day's travel comes to an end, to accept the un- 

 questioning liospitality of the nearest family. During the rainy 

 season — October and November — these roads are almost impass- 

 able by reason of mud, and many of them become rushing torrents 

 of water. 



The climate is not very different from that in similar latitudes in 

 the United States, from New York to North Carolina. At Chemulpho, 



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