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HTSTOEY OF THE KOREA. 
bears tlieir name. Old Hamel mentions, that when 
he was at Sior (which, he says, is the name of the 
capital), a Tartar envoy arrived demanding the 
usual tribute, on which occasion he and his ship- 
wrecked companions were sent away to a great fort 
till the ambassador had dej)arted, the king fearing 
that theii* detention in the hands of the Koreans 
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would come to the ears of the great Khan. 
They have also been conquered by the Japanese. 
In the heroic times of the Mikados, the Em2)ress 
Yengon sent an expedition for the subjugation of 
the Korea, which was completely successful. The 
country was again invaded by the Mongols, when 
the Siogoun Yoritomo defeated Kublai Khan. The 
victors in these exj)editions carried off much valu- 
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able booty, which is exhibited at certain seasons of 
the year. 
On our arrival at Victoria Harbom*, we saw the 
national flag of Japan waving from the flagstaff 
of an ornamental red-tiled house, most pleasantly 
situated in a grove of trees. This we found, on 
inquiry, was an outpost of Japan, and occuj)ied by 
