地学雑誌 第210号

to translate them accurately･
　 To do this purposeバhe contents of the diary in handwriting have been
typed and translated nrst. Because 匈e晶晶皿is regardedas 　 anomcial
document，the research is mainly depended on the 叫･ぽ晶か皿and the diary
part was referred as supplementary document.
　 The Roya1 Prosecutor Kyu Won R11 was bom in March 19パ833 in lunar
calender and passed away in November 11， 1901 in lunar calender whcn he
was 69 years old。 He passed the mihtary serviceexamination when he was
19 years old and started hiscareer as aS凹瞬回旨皿in 1858， He was
appointed as a govemor of many local areas mcluding Tongjin[Gimpo]and
JeJu island. He gave good administration wherever he served as a local
govemor，because he always considered local residents nrst， and exposed
and 　 well 　 managed 　 the 　 problems. 　 Because 　 of these 　 achievement 　 as 　 a
govemorバhere are many monument in commemoration of his remarkable
executive services， According to his remarkable services and high integrity
as an omcer， he was granted a posthumous epithet as ゐ明屁昭θ明。
　 Kyu Won Rii was appointed as a Royal Prosecutor in 1881 and visited
U11eung 　 island to 　 investigate 　 the 　 island 　 in 　 1882 　 with 　 106 　 persons. 　 He
prosecuted the island through in land and sea routes for 10 days. Whi!e he
was in the islandj he met 132 Koreans and 8 Japanese. lf it is induded
persons he did not met， there were about 170 Koreans mainly repairing
ships and collecting herbs， and 78 Japanese lumbcnng illegally.
　 The diary is very important as the original document to reconstruct the
lsland in 1882， because topography， geomorphology， climate， anima1， ptants，
and products of the island were recorded in it. He recommended yα肖高明
as a appropnate residential area， because the area ls nat and large enough
for 　 L000 households. He also recommended