Note 3 — Chapter L · INTERNAL POLITICS: CHINESE AND JAPANESE.

Nevertheless, in 1886 there were unearthed in Seoul two Dutch vases, as described in Mr. Scott’s paper in Vol. XXVIII, 1893–94, of the Transactions of the North China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. The figures of Dutch farm-life told their own story, and the well-worn rings of the handles bore evidence of constant use for years. Mr. Scott suggests that the presence of these Dutchmen might perhaps explain the anomaly often noticed in Corea—namely, blue eyes and fair hair. ↑