ACCOUNT

OF

A VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY

TO THE

WEST COAST OF COREA,

AND

THE GREAT LOO-CHOO ISLAND;

WITH

AN APPENDIX,

CONTAINING

CHARTS, AND VARIOUS HYDROGRAPHICAL AND SCIENTIFIC NOTICES.

BY CAPTAIN BASIL HALL,

ROYAL NAVY, F.R.S. LOND. & EDIN. MEMBER OF THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF CALCUTTA, OF THE LITERARY SOCIETY OF BOMBAY, AND OF THE SOCIETY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES AT BATAVIA.

AND

A VOCABULARY OF THE LOO-CHOO LANGUAGE,

BY H.J. CLIFFORD, ESQ.

LIEUTENANT ROYAL NAVY.

LONDON JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE-STREET. 1818.

TO CAPTAIN MURRAY MAXWELL, Knight Companion to the Bath, TO WHOSE ABILITY IN CONDUCTING THIS VOYAGE, ZEAL IN GIVING ENCOURAGEMENT TO EVERY INQUIRY, SAGACITY IN DISCOVERING THE DISPOSITION OF THE NATIVES, AND ADDRESS IN GAINING THEIR CONFIDENCE AND GOOD WILL, IS TO BE ATTRIBUTED WHATEVER MAY BE FOUND INTERESTING OR USEFUL IN THE FOLLOWING PAGES, THIS WORK IS MOST RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED, BY THE AUTHORS.