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See also:QUELPART (CHAT-Ju) , an See also:island to the See also:south of See also:Korea, used as a Korean penal See also:settlement. In See also:measures 40 M. from E. to W. and 17 from N. to S. It rises gradually from the seaboard, is heavily wooded and is cleared for cultivation to a height of 2000 ft. There are several crateriform hills, and See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
Hall See also:San (See also:Mount See also:Auckland) has an See also:altitude of 6558 ft. The island is entirely volcanic, and the See also:soil is finely disintegrated See also:lava. Broken See also:black lava forms the See also:beach, and blocks of it are the universal See also:building material. There is no See also:good drinking See also:water. The See also:flora and See also:fauna are scarcely investigated. Pines of three See also:species, junipers, larches, oaks, maples, willows and the Thuja Orientalis have been identified. The known fauna comprise boars, bears, See also:deer, swans, geese, pheasants and See also:quail. The roads are scarcely passable bridle tracks. Quelpart was introduced to See also:European See also:notice by the Dutchman, Hendrik Hamill, who was shipwrecked there in 1653.
The estimated See also:population is roo,000, Korean by See also:race, See also:language and See also:costume. There are about ninety villages. The valleys and slopes arc carefully cultivated in See also:fields divided by See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone walls, and produce beans, peas, sweet potatoes, " See also:Russian See also:turnip See also:radish," See also:barley, a little See also:rice and See also:millet, the last being the See also:staple See also:article of See also:diet. Nuts, oranges, limes and plums are grown. Small but strong ponies are bred for export, and small See also:cattle and pigs for See also:home use. Apart from See also:agriculture, the See also:industries consist in the manufacture of See also:fine See also:bamboo hats and mats, and wooden combs for export and See also:local use. For fishing the islanders use See also:double-decked raft boats, similar to those of See also:southern See also:Formosa. Their lucrative See also:pearl See also:fisheries have been practically monopolized by the See also:Japanese, who use proper diving apparatus. A valuable product is a species of clam, the See also:- SHELL
- SHELL (O. Eng. scell, scyll, cf. Du. sceel, shell, Goth. skalja, tile; the word means originally a thin flake,. cf. Swed. skalja, to peel off; it is allied to " scale " and " skill," from a root meaning to cleave, divide, separate)
shell of which furnishes a specially iridescent mothero'-pearl, which the natives See also:barter with the Japanese for See also:inlaying See also:lacquer. European goods are not imported, but Japanese articles find ready barter. There are no markets, and only a few poor shops.
Chu-sung, the See also:capital and seat of See also:government, a few See also:miles from See also:Port Pelto, has a black lava See also:wall 25 ft. high, with three See also:gates and towers; an imposing See also:audience-hall in See also:Chinese See also:style;and a See also:great See also:- BELL
- BELL, ALEXANDER MELVILLE (1819—1905)
- BELL, ANDREW (1753—1832)
- BELL, GEORGE JOSEPH (1770-1843)
- BELL, HENRY (1767-1830)
- BELL, HENRY GLASSFORD (1803-1874)
- BELL, JACOB (1810-1859)
- BELL, JOHN (1691-178o)
- BELL, JOHN (1763-1820)
- BELL, JOHN (1797-1869)
- BELL, ROBERT (1800-1867)
- BELL, SIR CHARLES (1774—1842)
bell See also:tower, with a fine See also:bronze bell, sounded to drive off " evil dragons." Its population is estimated at 16,000. The See also:governor has a hereditary See also:army for coercive purposes. The See also:uniform is a See also:complete suit of See also:mail, with a See also:helmet, from which See also:leather curtains fall over the shoulders. The weapons are equally See also:antique.
There are no good harbours, and the only anchorage for large vessels is Tai-chung, or Yung-su, at the See also:east end, with 9 to 13 fathoms of water. Pelto has See also:ancient breakwaters for the See also:protection of small boats, erected, as many believe, by the Mongol conqueror, Kublai See also:Khan, who in 1273 built on Quelpart one See also:hundred See also:ships for the invasion of See also:japan.
End of Article: QUELPART (CHAT-Ju)
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