something like a nubbin of corn. This, with the red pepper—which, spread out to dry in the fall on the farmer's thatched roof, adds such a touch of color to the rural scenery—is used with other ingredients for making a species of sauerkraut, of which the Koreans are fond. Most Korean side dishes, I may remark, are seasoned very highly with either salt or red pepper, or cooked with vegetable oil. Ginger, onions and lettuce are grown in their gardens. There is a very limited production of potatoes. Tobacco is raised in large quantities. Broom corn and hemp are also cultivated. Cotton also grows in their fields. It may be mentioned parenthetically that most of the clothing worn by Koreans is made out of cotton cloth, part of which is native and part the product of the looms of Osaka and Manchester. Silk goods are also woven, for which industry the mulberry tree and the silkworm are cultivated. The ginseng root, so highly prized as a medicine in China, is grown as a government monopoly. Korea is essentially an agricultural country, with methods of cultivation that are crude, yet effective. The farmers all live in villages. Large tracts of land lie unfilled.
There is considerable mineral wealth in the country. Iron in the forms of limonite and magnetic ore is profitably mined. An excellent quality of anthracite coal comes from the vicinity of Pyeng-yang. Tin, copper, lead and silver mines exist. Gold in considerable quantities is
