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CHAPTER VIII. 
PAQK 
Miatau Islands — Probable Origin of some Stories about Sea- 
serpents — Alceste Island — -Seals — Fishing Cormorant - 
The Blue Rock-pigeon — Kala-hai — A Fishing Party — 
Bustards — Snake-like Fishes — Gulf of Pecheli— Strange - 
looking Craft — Native Fishermen — A Shower of Beetles 
■ — The Black Suif-Duck 
CHAPTER IX. 
The Great Wall— Quaint-looking Watch-house — Inquisitive 
Sons of Ham— Visit to the Temples— Birds Shot by our 
Sportsmen — ^Hawking at the Great Wall — Flowers and 
Insects — Wreck of the Medusa— Scarcity of Land Shells 
— Humming-bird Hawk-moth — The Shield Shrimp— 
Staunton Island 
CHAPTER X. 
The Korea — Among the Islands— Odd Names of Mountain 
Peaks — Victoria Harbour — Beacon Fires — Visit from the 
Natives — Their Picturesque Appearance — ^Description of 
the Chief— Costume of the Natives— Worship of Bacchus 
— Their Rude Manners — Their Curiosity — Modes of 
Salutation— An Anecdote 125 
CHAPTER XL 
Exciting Incident — Korean Tombs — Mode of Burial — Dwell- 
ings in the Korea — Japanese Outpost — An Entertainment 
— Hamel’s “Travels” — Language of the Koreans — A 
Commendable Custom — Religious Belief — Priests and 
Nuns 138 
