The Woman of Cho-sen--Her clothes--Her ways--Her looks--Her privileges--Her duties--Her temper--Difference of classes--Feminine musicians. CHAPTER VI Corean children--The family--Clans--Spongers--Hospitality--Spinning-tops --Toys--Kite-flying--Games--How babies are sent to sleep. CHAPTER VII Corean inns--Seoul--A tour of observation--Beggars--Lepers--Philosophy--An old palace--A leopard hunt--Weather prophets--The main street--Sedan chairs--The big bell--Crossing of the bridges--Monuments--Animal worship--The Gate of the Dead--A funeral--The Queen-dowager's telephone. CHAPTER VIII Seoul--The City Wall--A large image--Mount Nanzam--The fire-signals--The women's joss-house--Foreign buildings--Japanese settlement--An anecdote--Clean or not clean?--The Pekin Pass--The water-carrier--The man of the Gates. CHAPTER IX The Corean house--Doors and windows--Blinds--Rooms--The "Kan"--Roasting alive--Furniture--Treasures--The kitchen--Dinner-set--Food--Intoxicants--Gluttony--Capacity for food--Sleep--Modes of illumination--Autographs--Streets--Drainage--Smell. CHAPTER X A Corean marriage--How marriages are arranged--The wedding ceremony--The document--In the nuptial chamber--Wife's conduct--Concubines--Widows --Seduction--Adultery--Purchasing a husband--Love--Intrigue--Official "squeezing"--The cause. CHAPTER XI Painting in Seoul--Messages from the King--Royal princes sitting for their portraits--Breaking the mourning law--Quaint notions--Delight and despair--Calling in of State ceremony--Corean soldiers--How they mount guard--Drill--Honours--A much-admired shoe--A gift. CHAPTER XII The royal palace--A royal message--Mounting guard--The bell--The royal precinct--The Russian villa--An unfinished structure--The Summer Palace--The King's house--Houses of dignitaries--The ground and summer pavilion--Colds--The funeral of a Japanese Minister--Houses of royal relations--The queen--The oldest man and woman--The King and his throne--Politics and royalty--Messengers and spies--Kim-Ka-Chim--Falcons and archery--Nearly a St. Sebastian--The queen's curiosity--A royal banquet--The consequences. CHAPTER XIII Students--Culture--Examination ground--The three degrees--The alphabet--Chinese characters--Schools--Astronomers--Diplomas--Students abroad--Adoption of Western ways--Quick perception--The letter "f"--A comical mistake--Magistrates and education Rooted superstition--Another haunted palace--Tigers--A convenient custom. CHAPTER XIV Religion--Buddhism--Bonzes--Their power--Shamanism--Spirits--Spirits of the mountain--Stone heaps--Sacred trees--Seized by the spirits--Safe-guard against them--The wind--Sorcerers and sorceresses--Exorcisms--Monasteries --Temples--Buddha--Monks--Their customs and clothing--Nuns--Their garments--Religious ceremonies--The tooth-stone. CHAPTER XV