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from the opening of the Museum, 29,606,539. ,The Seven Wonders of Oorea. “A Chinese paperdescribes the seven wonders which Corea, like every other Oriental country and like the ancient world, possesses. They are, first, a hot mineral spring near Kin-Shantao, the healing properties of which are believed by ;the people to be miraculous.^ No matter what disease may afflict the patient, a dip ip the water proves efficacious. The second wonder is two springs situated at opposite sides of the Corean peninsula, which have two peculiarities. When one is full the other is always empty ; in one the water is of the bitterest, while in the other it is pure and sweet. The third wonder is a cold wave cave, a cavern from which a wintry wind perpetually blows. The force of the wind from the cave is such that a strong man cannot stand before it. A forest that cannot be^ eradicated is the fourth wonder. No matter what injury is done to the roots of the trees, which are large pines, they will sprout up again directly, like the Phoenix from her ashes. The fifth is the most wonderful of all. It is the famous “floating stone.” It stands, or seems to, stand, in front of the palace erected in its honour. It is an irregular cube of great bulk.- It appears to be resting on the ground free from supporPon all sides; and, strange to say, two men at opposite ends of a rope may pass it under the stone without encountering any obstacle whatever. The sixth wonder is the “ hot stone,” which from remote ages has lain glowing with heat on the top of a high hill. The seventh and last Oorean wonder is a drop of the sweat of Buddha. For thirty paces round the large temple in which it is enshrined not a blade of grass will grow. There are no trees or flowers inside the sacred square. Even the animals decline to profane a spot so holy.
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London, Middlesex, GB
Fri, Oct 23, 1891
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