Word: harbin
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...most. By offering the engineer 20 roubles or $10 for every hour he made up, Mr. Mears was able to cut down the delay by about 8 hours, but the remaining loss was enough to make him miss his boat at Vladivostok. He left the Trans-Siberian, therefore, at Harbin, and taking the South Manchurian Railroad to Moukden he was able to get a fast train to Seoul the capital of Corea. From here a fast train took the traveller to Fusan, at the Southern Extremity of Corea, where he took a boat to Japan...