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one point, and it was a pleasing but not novel experience. From
there we rode through the length of the [illegible] [illegible] palace, [we?]
[transformed?] with a Chōsen Museum by the Japs. A [illegible] building
occupies a hill wherein the most valuable things are. These have been
taken from old graves chiefly. There are some find old gods and
guards in brass and stone, and in time it will be a valuable
museum. It is now worthwhile, but it was fatiguing as we had
to go from building to building. We were not prepared either for
the [change?] from Peking and Mukden cold to 85º heat which
we found in Seoul. We returned in the hotel late for our lunch.
rested a very short time and at four started out again. We
visited a park on the hilltop to which we had [illegible]. We
were [serenaded?] by a magnificent view over the city and
country. We visited another park where there were some
fine stone carvings and in [illegible] of the fact that it was
Sunday we spent the rest of the time shopping. The only
places open were those kept by natives. We possessed ourselves
of some several trifles, just for souvenirs and must back for
[illegible] Before we had finished it, our guide came to [tell?]
us that if we would see a [procession?] we had planned
to see, we must come at once. [illegible] we started in our lantern if
[illegible] rickshas [rickshaws]. the thing we wanted to see was the [illegible] pro-
cession [procession] of a funeral. The day before the brother of the ex-emperor
was buried. A wonderful procession [illegible] [illegible] has body to the
imperial cemetery stone 15 miles away, Europeans living
there thought the procession a a sort of patriotic demon-
stration [demonstration] because of opposition to Japanese control
for old costumes [illegible] and old customs followed as they