leeping-rooms were ready, and they gladly at once sought their beds. To
get to their rooms they again stepped out into the courtyard. They found
that each bedroom was one of the little buildings facing the yard. Yung
Pak and Wang Ken occupied one room, while Ki Pak had a room by himself.
Through a narrow door about three feet high the lad and his tutor
entered their room. The door was simply a lattice shutter covered with
paper. The room was very small,--barely space for the two mattresses
which had been put there by the servants, and the ceiling was so low
that even the short Koreans could hardly stand upright. Yet here our two
friends managed to make themselves very comfortable for the night.

Outside in the courtyard the fire was kept burning, beside which two
watchmen sat all night smoking and telling stories. It was necessary to
maintain a watch till morning because the country districts of Korea are
infested with wild animals, particularly tigers, and the bright blaze of
the fire served to keep them at a distance. Otherwise the thin-walled
houses would have been slight protection for the sleeping travellers.

As it was, Yung Pak slept soundly the whole night, and did not awake
until after daylight, when servants brought to his door a wooden bowl
and a brass vessel full of water for his morning bath. Quickly he sprang
up, and with his companions made ready for the day's journey, for they
were all anxious to be on their way.

[Illustration: "THE DAY WAS PASSED IN MUCH THE SAME MANNER AS THE
PRECEDING ONE"]

Breakfast was served in much the same manner as the supper of the
previous evening had been. Of this meal all heartily partook, for a
Korean is never guilty of having a poor appetite.

As usual, it took a long time to get the ponies properly loaded and
ready to start, and the forenoon was about half-gone when the procession
finally left the courtyard of the inn.

A twenty-mile march would bring the party to Rang-chyoen, where it was
proposed to spend the second night of the journey.

The day was passed in much the same manner as the preceding one, though
of course new scenes proved ever interesting to Yung Pak. During this
day the party had to cross a river which was too deep to ford, and over
which there was no sort of bridge. For the assistance of travellers a
ferry-boat had been provided. This boat was a broad, flat-bottomed,
clumsy affair. It could carry but three ponies at a time, with several
men. Th