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article and mailed it. At 3:30 set out to climb Mt. Miyajima,
which I found sufficiently amusing--1,300 stone steps to the
top, and much additional walking between the tiers. But the
view of the beautiful Island Sea that one gets from the top
is well worth the effort, to say nothing of the splendid ex-
ercise.
October 10th
Spent the day preparing an article on "Does Japanese Industrial
Competition Menace the White Man's Trade?" based on my month's
investigations.
October 11th Ditto
October 12th
Completed my article this morning. At 3:42 left Miyajima for
Shimonoseki; arriving at 9:00 and at 9:30 boarded steamer for
Fusan. Notice in paper that a storm warning has gone out.
October 13th
I don't know whether I got sick on the 12th or 13th but that it
wasn't more than two or three hours after sailing there is no
doubt. The boat rolled and pitched in a most unprecedented fash-
ion, and my English room-mate thought there was going to be a
typhoon. I was having fun enough to keep me interested, however,
and didn't concern myself with that subject. Nor was I inter-
ested in the breakfast call. About 10:00 we landed in Fusan amid
the oddest crowd of people I have yet found anywhere. The Ko-
reans dress in white--or rather in what was once white but never
is again--with big bloomer-like skirts. At the station gate