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Por evening amusements one has dinners, music, and dancing 
girls. The Corean music is pleasant, but rather sad and monotonous. 
The Corean dancing is slow, and rather posturing than dancing ; it is 
highly decorous. The clothes of the dancers are not graceful ; the 
dancing girls look rather like sacks. Every portion of the form, from 
neck to feet, is concealed. The dancing girls are usually slaves ; they 
are well treated, and very modest in their behaviour. The indecent 
games of the Japanese are not played in Corea. 
In conclusion, I would say, in my opinion, there is in Corea a 
hopeful field for missionary effort. The Church of Rome has been 
many years in the field, and numbers some 24,000 converts. 
There are Protestant Christians in the North, and all over the 
country devoted Nonconformist missionaries are endeavouring to 
elevate this people by announcing Christian truths and inculcating 
Christian morality. To these heroic workers, though I do not belong 
to their sect, and do not concur in all their methods, I wish with all 
my heart all success. 
With one mission I am in most thorough accord and sympathy, and 
that is the British Episcopal Mission, of which Bishop Corfe is the head. 
This mission is mainly supported by the officers and men of Her Majesty’s 
navy. The mission comprises the Bishop and four clergymen, 30 feet 
and a few inches to spare of muscular Christianity, who combine to a 
very unusual extent intense zeal and self-devotion with large-minded 
prudence, toleration, and common sense. 
There are attached to the mission two men’s hospitals and one 
female hospital, in charge of two medical men and one lady doctor, 
with a staff of trained European nurses. 
There are also several schools for children, and a printing press. 
The mission publishes detailed accounts of its receipts and 
expenditure, and invites inspection. Captain Castle, R.N., has inspected 
the hospitals and published the result. 
It is perfectly wonderful how in a few short years the members 
of the mission have gained the affection and respect of the Corean 
people. The lady doctor is known all over Soul and its environs as 
“ The Lady,” and her help is eagerly asked for, and her pony eagerly 
looked out for by the villagers. One missionary is known everywhere 
as “Hear old W.” (“JDear old W.” is about twenty-seven), and 
another as “ His Excellency, the great man.” Of course I am trans- 
lating the Corean terms. The last title struck me as peculiar, so I 
asked a Corean, “ Why do you Coreans always call Mr. T. 1 His 
Excellency, the great “ Oh,” he replied, “Mr. T. a very good 
man ; he is more strong than the devil.” 1 was still in the dark, and 
he said, “Mr. T. buy one Corean house; that house have plenty 
strong devil. No man can live that house, but every man go and give 
that devil plenty thing, burn paper money, put food on the stone. 
Mr. T. go that house, no give that devil nothing; then that devil very 
angry, make Mr. T.’s servant sick. Mr. T. no give that devil nothing; 
that servant get well. Mr. T. very good man, more strong than devil.” 
“ But what would have happened if Mr. T.’s servant had not got 
well?” “ At first that devil did not know who more strong, he or Mr. 
T., so first he try hurt Mr. T.’s servant. If that servant die, then 
that devil fight Mr. T. ; but as that servant get well the devil knew 
Mr. T. very strong, and so fear to fight him.” 
