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Only in the houses of magnates was recourse hadto tiles imported from China or slates of copper-bronze. This position offered exceptional facilities for defence,but owing to some unexplained reason no attempt was made by theKoreans to hold it. Braziers now came into general use, and quickly became objects ofornament as well as of utility. Thus, it fell out that the right of supervising the trade with Chinaand Korea came into the exclusive possession of the Ouchi and the So,respecti

As for industrial pursuits, signalprogress took place in the art of tempering steel. This he effected, as far as concerned the tozamafeudatories, by isolating them from each other, or by placing thoseo end that the latter might lend thistreasure to the feudatories, who would pledge themselves to pay itback after five years. en in consequence ofthe state either of the domestic affairs or of the foreign relations,the Imperial D