Before long we had flung enough sand-bags into place to make a low breastwork behind which the few men who were on this side of the position could lie down and fire.

the clouded eyes of the sick man

The capital of Parhae, called Sanggyŏng or High Capital was located at modern Tung-ching-ch'eng in Hei-lung-chiang province, Manchuria, and there were four secondary capitals- the Central Capital at modern Tun-hua in Chi-lin province, Manchuria, Eastern Capital at Hun-ch'un in Chi-lin, Southern Capital at Hamhŭng in South Hamgyŏng province, Korea, and Western Capital at Lin-chiang in Chi-lin [see map p. 70].

He was a fine specimen, very large and with a beautiful coat, and I wish I had had the luck to bag him.