Dear father:
Seoul, Korea,
August 25, 1935-
The past week we had a little rainy season;
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several very heavy downpours.  The papers reported considerable damage
at Wonsan.  Once or twice we wen4* out to Suchulli on the Han river
an outing.  The last time we .thought, it was not going to rain when
left the house, but it rained off and on all day.  However, it was not
unpleasant.  The broad view up the river valley with the mountains in
the distance is very refreshing, and on pleasant days sail boats dot
the course of the river. On  the day it rained, it was interesting to
watch the river rise and gradually flow over a broad sand island in
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front of Suchulli.  I had a magazine along to read, andhtook some
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writing with me, and the day passed very pleasantly.  Fortunately, it
was not raining either when we took the train or got off.
Suchulli is really a part of Seoul, "-and will be taken into
the city limits next spring, it is said. It is. on the south side, and
cut off from easy communication with the city by a range of low mountains.  So it is reached now by going to the main station on the west
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side of thle city and taking a train toward Wonsan, which swings south
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to the river and skirts along it forCseveral miles with the mountain
bluffs on the left and then heads north round the east side of the
city; or by going to the station on the east side and taking a train
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coming into Seoul.  Suchulli is in a little pocket in the mountain
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protected from north winds and with a full view of the river. We
walked out there over the mountains one time from the end of the street
car line.  Chung moksa i3 netting alones weil with his house there.
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f•; - p hf This time I want to incloie the two little succulents I
brought back from Suchulli about twofweeks ago.  I put them in a
pot here, and think they willfbe all right. < They make a fine
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been Introduced there.
It would be interesting to know
Jin the December number of the Geographic there was an
artfecie about a trip through the Caribbean Sea made by explorers for
the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture.  They seemed to be looking mainly for
new food products, palms, and showy flowers, and found a good many
that have not been grown before in the United States. They are now
making starts of these finds in experimental stations in Florida.
AmASyC
Last evening I felt the need of some fresh air, and at
<SSg& started up the mountain on the foot of which we live. When I
left, I did not think of going clear to the top; but once started, it
was so pleasant I kept on till I reached the highest peak.  It was
almost sundown, and the city was already In the shadow of the mountain.
I waited a few minutes to watch the sun drop down behind the ragged
horizon.  The sky was pebbled with light clouds overhead and ornamented
with long streaks of clouds with blue areas between in the west.  As
theyflushed with pink, the scene was beautiful. The Han river, greatly
widened in nlaces by the recent rains, made its winding course among
the mountains, appearing, first east of the city and continuing along
the south, and stretching out for miles to the northwest after passing