was aroused here the other week by the appearance of two parhelis. Of course thi phenomenon is not so common in ti climate as in our hontelands. The classical phrase FG—A] (Heaven has not two suns) was quoted, and teachers set to work seriously interpreting the sign in the sky. One of them, a chifjen, brought up the question during a visit. To his mind it was clear that the phenomenon referred to the state of things in Peking. I offered my explanation. "Oh yes," be rejoined, "you foreigners look at it in that light, but our view isa little more profound." "It might be that the mock-sune were caused by ice crystals in the air, but then it was Heaven that made them appear at a juncture when the warning was s0 sorely wanted.
20th February.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.