CHAPTEK XIT. 



KOREA. 



In 1855 our squadron cruised up the coast of Tar- 

 tary, searching for the Eussian ships, which were not to 

 be found, though I think they might have been if we 

 had been more in earnest. At any rate, several magni- 

 ficent bays and Iiarbours were entered and looked into ; 

 subsequently a few of our vessels found the Eussians, 

 or some of them, in Castries Bay. The result is not 

 worth mentioning. My object in referring to a circum- 

 stance so devoid of spirit in ourselves, is to show that 

 at that time we were cruising in Chinese waters, off a 

 portion of that kingdom. Since then the Eussians, by 



