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had long been extinct, for they had hewed down the forests which 

 had once covered the hill. 



On the afternoon of the 5th, we re-embarked for the island. 

 Steering among small islands, most of which had bald and naked 

 hills, we arrived safe at the shore near Cheju, the largest town in 

 the island, the next morning, at 9 o'clock. This island has no bay 

 or any place of the kind, so it is unable to give ships any satisfactory 

 shelter. We landed, and put up at a rude, dirty Korean cottage, 

 with a little more furniture and fittings than common. The host 

 was a Japanese, and welcomed us heartily. In spite of the size of the 

 island, extending forty miles from west to east, and twenty miles from 

 north to south, we could not find any leafy, thick forests anywhere, 

 except on part of Mt. Hanra, situated in the middle of the island. 

 All the other hills which we saw were covered with grass as is 

 the case with most Korean hills and mountains. The Japanese 

 emigrants all over the island were less than eighty. Our un- 

 familiarity with the Korean language and food obliged us to carry 

 rice with us. 



We encountered many difficulties, which I have no space to 

 describe here. First we made explorations, twice in the eastern and 

 western parts of Mt. Hanra once on the shore in the south-eastern 

 part of the island. On the 10th, followed by an interpreter, we 

 started on a trip to make a second exploration on the eastern part 

 of the hill. There were no roads and of course no means of com- 

 munication. We had to make our own way ; sometimes through 

 bushes growing luxuriously on the hill side ; sometimes winding a 

 narrow pass which seemed to be trodden only by wood-cutters. 

 We finally reached the small hut of a Korean wood-cutter, from 

 whom we received a warm welcome. We spent three days in 

 collecting there abouts. The hill was quite high and the tempera- 

 ture stood low. There may have been some other reasons of our 

 failure ; but at any rate, this trip ended in failure, for we collected 

 very few either of species or specimens. And our provision running 

 short, we had to give up further collecting. 



It was on the 14th that we set out on the third expedition to a 

 little town called " Chonkori." The distance was not more than 

 twenty miles. Suffering greatly from dirty and somewhat dangerous 



