DIRECTIONS FOR PLACING T H E PLATES.
Sulphur Island, to face the Title Page.
Corean Chief and Secretary . . . . To face Page 16
Napakiang . . . . . . 7 7
Loo-choo Chief and his two Sons . . . . . 97
Priest and Gentleman of Loo-choo . . . 132
The Prince of Loo-choo . . . . . . 176
Scene after the Prince’s Feast . . . • 196
Gentleman of Loo-choo in his Cloak . . . ■ 215
Bridge of Napakiang . . . . . • 222
A p p en d ix .
Chart of the Gulf of Pe-chee-lee . . . . v
Coast of Corea . . . . . . x
Chart of the Great Loo-choo Island . . . . . xix
Napakiang Roads . . . . • • xxi
Port Melville . . . . . • • xxiv
Wollaston’s Dip Sector . . . xxxiii
ERRATA.
Page l, line 2 from bottom, for 11 th August, read Qth August.
Page 60, top line, for was, read saw.
A p p e n d ix .
Meteorological Journal.—Longitude on the 1st Sept. for 124.20, read 124.48.
The longitudes in the Met. Joum. from the 3d to the 7th of Sept. inclusive are
too small by 15\
V o c a b u l a r y .
For Talesee, read Tatsee.
For Teetesee, read Teetsee.
For Meetesee, read Meetsee.
For Eeotesee, read Eeotsee.
For Eeyatesee, read Eeyatsee.
For opposite, read under, in the note on the word Hour.
VOYAGE
WEST COAST OF COREA AND THE LOO-CHOO
ISLANDS.
CHAPTER I.
H . M. S. Alceste and Lyra leave the Yellow Sea on a Voyage of Discovery—
Sir James Hall’s Group on the Coast of Corea—Unsociable Character of the
Natives—Hutton’s Island—Interesting geological Structure—Anchor near
the Main Land—Corean Chiefs Visit—Objections made to Strangers land-
ing-Distress of the C h ie f-H is Character-Departure from Basil’s B a y -
Clusters of Islands-Murray’s Sound—Deserted Corean Village-View from
the Summit of a high Peak—Interview with the Coreans—Peculiarities of
their Character—Language—Erroneous geographical Position of this Coast
—Leave Corea.
T he embassy to China, under the Right Honourable Lord
Amherst, left England in his Majesty’s frigate Alceste,
Captain Murray Maxwell, C. B., on the 9th o f February,
1816, and landed near the mouth of th ePe i-h o river, in the
Yellow Sea, on the 11th of A ugust. Shortly afterwards th e
Alceste and L y ra sloop o f war, which had accompanied the
B