October 27, 1917 It rained slowly all morning. I had a pleasant revelation at the chief Japanese bank in Seoul! They accepted my draft on Kobe for 400 yen and cashed it without any endorsement, which is more confidence than any American or European bank has shown in me. Further, they charged me only 1/2 yen or .50 cents and not that enormous percent of 5% to 10% which Chinese banks of European control charge their fellow man. I must confess the Japanese show much confidence in foreigners and are well beyond the average in friendship. The Yellow Peril is chiefly in the superior consideration with which the Japanese treat us and how badly we treat one another. I called at the American consulate and was welcomed by Mr. Curtis, the Consul⁴ He is a sportsman and has shot birds each season in Korea. The Consul General Miller⁵ was away in Washington and he is also a sportsman. Curtis took me to call on H.H. Underwood⁶ who is an authority on Korea and the son of Reverend Underwood, the best known European in Korea. Underwood showed 2 gural skins he shot in Korea and they were long haired like prime wolf skins, very different from the short haired Yunnan skins. He had 2 large long haired leopard skins from Korea. These are very large and the spots solid without lighter centers. He had heads and body skins of the Korean sika but has never seen the wapiti which are confined to the Manchurian border near the Sacred