centuries; but could not allege anything against them, admitting that they paid for all they got, molested no one, and were seldom seen outside the _yamen_ gates.” On the wharf at Fusan there were waiting to welcome us the local Resident, the manager of the Fusan-Seoul Railway, and other Japanese officials—all fine-looking men with an alert air and gentlemanly bearing. The official launch conveyed us to the landing near the railway station, which is now some distance up the bay, but which will soon be brought down to the new wharf that is in process of building, in such good time that we had an hour and a half to spend before leaving for Seoul. Most of this time was improved in visiting a Korean school on the hillside just above. We were not, however, to see this educational institution at work, but only the empty school-rooms and several of the Korean and Japanese teachers. For the one hundred and seventy children of this school, clothed in holiday garments of various shades in green, pink, carmine, purple, yellow, and a few in white or black, were just starting for the station to give a “send-off” to Prince Eui Wha. This Prince is the second living son of the Korean Emperor and, in the event of the death or declared incapacity of the Crown Prince, the legitimate heir to the throne. There was much blowing of small trumpets and many unsuccessful attempts on the part of the teachers to get and keep the line in order, as the brilliantly colored procession moved down the hill. The teachers who remained behind showed me courteously over the school-rooms and interpreted the “curriculum” of the school which had been posted for my benefit in one of the rooms. I give it below as a good example of the kind of instruction which is afforded in the best of the primary grades of the Korean school system as fostered by the Japanese: _1st Class_—Ages, 7-9 years, inclusive: Chinese classics; morals; penmanship; gymnastics. _2d Class_—Ages, 10-11 years, inclusive: Chinese classics; national literature; penmanship; Korean history; gymnastics. _3d Class_—Ages, 12-13 years, inclusive: Chinese classics; arithmetic; composition; national and universal history; gymnastics. _4th Class_—Ages, 14-15 years, inclusive: Chinese classics; arithmetic; composition; Japanese language; universal history; gymnastics. _5th Class_—Ages, 16 years and over: English; Japanese; geography; national and universal history; Korean law; international law. It will appear that this scheme of education is based upon a Chinese model, largely modified to meet modern requirements and, in the upper classes, designed to fit those who are able to continue in school for the lower grades of the Korean official appointments.