We take the following extracts from Mr. Scherzer's paper, read at the last meetin, of the North China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. The paper is a portion of a translation of a Chinese work of the Sixteenth Century, bearing the title " Tchao jen Tche," and described by Mr. Wylie, in his Notes on Chinese Literature," as "An account of Corea, including Geography and Customs, bya native of that country, whose name has not been pro-
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