The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-06-07
Seven Wonders OF COrea.

"The seven wonders of Corea are as
follows" says an English traveller: "The
first is certain hot mineral spring near
place called Kin-shintao, the healing
properties of which are believed to be
miraculous. Its virtues are in constant
vigor, and so great are they that they
have never failed in efficacy within the
memory of man. No matter what dis
ease may af1ict the patient, dip in
these healing waters will prove as sure q
cure as bath in Jordan did to leprous
Naamar. The second wonder is also
connected with water. There are two
springs situated at considerable dis
lance from each other-in fact, there is
almost the breadth of the entire PENN
sula between them. These have two Pc
charlottesville one is full the other is
empty; and the Coresns seem to believe
that somewhere deep in the bowels of
the earth there is mysterious tide,
which GIBBS and flo rs with marvellous
rapidity at stated intervals of time filling
one spring while it empties the other.
But the strangest part of the phenome.
non is that the water is 80 strongly sweet
that whatever is cooked il it. no matter
how bad it may be of itself, Immediately
acquires o most delicious taste. The
third is called Cold Wind Cavern. There
is cave somewhere in the mountains,
in which Q mysterious wind blows per.
petually-a wind so cold as to pierce to
the very bones, and SO strong that the
most powerful man is unable to stand up
against it, The fourth wonder is the in
eradicable forest. There is large
grove of pine trees that sprout again di-
rectly they are cut down. 1t matters
not what injury is done to the root
nothing will avail to destroy it, but up
it will sprout again in time. like a. phe-
nix from its own ashes. The fifth won
der is still more wonderful still. This
is a floating stone; and q temple has
been reared in its honor, called the Fou
Shih Mao. In front of the temple
stands, or appears to stand. the extra
ordinary stone. 1t is of great bulk. and
sort of irregular cube in shape. To all
appearance it is resting on the ground,
and perfectly free from all support on
any side. But if two men, standing at
opposite ends of it, hold each the oppo-
site ends OF o thread they will find them
selves able to pass the thread under the
stone without encountering any obsta-
Gle. In other words, the stone is actu-
ally lowering little way above the
earth. The sixth wonder also consists
of q stone. but a stone of n more prac
tically useful nature. 1t is called the
warm rock, and forms the summit of a
hill upon which there is pavilion. or
k,osque, for the benefit of travellers.
Here they may rest and pass the night.
Hoyovor onlA tho aathar NAV ha thara
is no stove, nor any need for one; the
stone on which the resting.room stands
diffuses its wonderful and benign
warmth through every room in it, and
the poorest may bask in its comfort.
The seventh wonder is drop of the
sweat OF Buddha. Around the large
temple where it is enshrined, for thirty
PAGES square. not blade of grass will
grow; there are no trees, no flowers; the
very birds and animals desert it. in
stinctively recoiling from profaning
with their football plot OF ground so
ho1v"