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[[underlined]] Chapter X. [[/underlined]] 20^[[6]].
facing of earthen walls with stonework; the existence of true bastions; and the presence of re-entering angles and what seemed to be provision for flank fire---all these features seemed to me to indicate that parts of the fortifications were much later than others. That this was indeed the case, we were able to show on a later occasion (see page [[strikethrough] 000 [[/strikethrough]] ^[[244]]).
It was Dr. Houghton, again, who told us of a local tradition to the effect that during the Han Dynasty there had been a settlement of some sort on Lighthouse Point. That this statement, corroborating as it did my own suspicions mentioned above, had some foundation was suggested by the Han remains that we found near the southern tip of the promontory.
We heard other legends also, still current among the peasants and fishermen of the vicinity and bearing the marks of genuine folk-recollections. These associated the Point with long-ago struggles between Chinese settlers and garrisons on the one hand and raiding Korean sea-rovers on the other.
For example, on Fishhook Point was a low mound^[[,]] [[strikethrough]] (see fig. 00), ^[[pl. CIV),]] [[/strikethrough]] , obviously artificial, which our informants declared had been erected over a pile of ears cut off from Korean marauders after some forgotten battle or unsuccessful foray. The story reminded me of the one told about the famous Mimizuka 耳 塚 or "Ear Mound", at Kyoto, [[superscript]] (185) [[/superscript]] said to have been
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[[superscript]] (185) [[/superscript]] See note 186.
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heaped over the severed ears (and noses, according to some) of thousands of Koreans whom the Japanese killed during their great invasion of the peninsula, toward the close of the 16th century. [[superscript]] (186) [[/superscript]]
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[[superscript]] (186) [[/superscript]] It may be that we have here traces of a very ancient Asiatic practice.
Cutting off the left ears of slain enemies after battles, and also those of captives destined for sacrifice, is frequently mentioned in the oldest Chinese records. The custom seems also to have existed among, or perhaps been borrowed by, the Japanese, who duringTranscription Notes:
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