st 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

APPENDIX.

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

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[Transcriber's note: The following errors have been corrected in the text.]

ERRATA.

Page 1, line 2 from bottom, for _11th August_, read _9th August_.

Page 60, top line, for _was_, read _saw_.

APPENDIX.

Meteorological Journal.--Longitude on the 1st Sept. for 124.20,
read 124.48.

The longitudes in the Met. Journ. from the 3d to the 7th of Sept. inclusive
are too small by 15'.

VOCABULARY.

For _Tatesee_, 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.

[Transcriber's Note: a letter with a macron above it is denoted by [=x].]

VOYAGE TO THE WEST COAST OF COREA AND THE LOO-CHOO ISLANDS.

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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 landing--Distress of the
Chief--His Character--Departure from Basil's Bay--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.

The 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 of February, 1816, and landed near the mouth of the Pei-ho
river, in the Yellow