APPENDIX B.--DIRECT FOREIGN TRADE OF KOREA 1886-95. APPENDIX C.--RETURN OF PRINCIPAL ARTICLES OF EXPORT FOR THE YEARS 1896-95. APPENDIX D.--POPULATION OF TREATY PORTS. APPENDIX E.--TREATY BETWEEN JAPAN AND RUSSIA, WITH REPLY OF H.E., THE KOREAN MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS. INDEX 475 List of Illustrations. PAGE MRS. BISHOP’S TRAVELING PARTY _Frontispiece_ HARBOR OF CHEMULPO _Facing_ 30 GATE OF OLD FUSAN 34 JAPANESE MILITARY CEMETERY, CHEMULPO _Facing_ 38 TURTLE STONE 48 GUTTER SHOP, SEOUL _Facing_ 60 THE AUTHOR’S SAMPAN, HAN RIVER _Facing_ 66 KOREAN PEASANTS AT DINNER 81 A KOREAN LADY 120 THE DIAMOND MOUNTAINS _Facing_ 140 TOMBSTONES OF ABBOTS, YU-CHÖM SA _Facing_ 146 PASSENGER CART, MUKDEN 198 TEMPLE OF GOD OF LITERATURE, MUKDEN _Facing_ 200 GATE OF VICTORY, MUKDEN _Facing_ 208 CHINESE SOLDIERS _Facing_ 210 WLADIVOSTOK _Facing_ 214 RUSSIAN “ARMY,” KRASNOYE CELO _Facing_ 232 KOREAN SETTLER’S HOUSE 238 KOREAN THRONE _Facing_ 248 SUMMER PAVILION, OR “HALL OF CONGRATULATIONS” _Facing_ 254 ROYAL LIBRARY, KYENG-POK PALACE _Facing_ 256 KOREAN GENTLEMAN IN COURT DRESS 260 PLACE OF THE QUEEN’S CREMATION 268 CHIL-SUNG MON, SEVEN STAR GATE 300 ALTAR AT TOMB OF KIT-ZE _Facing_ 318 RUSSIAN SETTLER’S HOUSE _Facing_ 320 UPPER TAI-DÖNG _Facing_ 324 RUSSIAN OFFICERS, HUN-CHUN _Facing_ 330 SOUTH GATE _Facing_ 412 SEOUL AND PALACE ENCLOSURE _Facing_ 428 THE KING OF KOREA _Facing_ 430 KOREAN CADET CORPS AND RUSSIAN DRILL INSTRUCTORS 434 A STREET IN SEOUL _Facing_ 436 KOREAN POLICEMEN, OLD AND NEW 444 [Illustration: GENERAL MAP OF KOREA AND NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES The Edinburgh Geographical Institute John Bartholomew & Co. Fleming H. Revell Company.]