AH). Hero the reference to the eveoanutt also is p'ain enough, but even our pedantic friend who furnishes the distich troads falteringly when called upon for an explanation of the reanining terms. He has heard tell of a place where if the skeleton of a sheep is buried in the evrth—but no smallest bone may lack—1 young sheep will come forth from the grave. He has heard, too, of a plice where there is a bird, not bier taen a pigeon, which towards the end of ity life grows a fatty exerescencs on its throat, to the detriment of its organs of respiration. As the lump inerenses the bird's agony increases, it calls out, and at last the exertion breaks the membrane and a semi-viscid vil drops down. The ery of the bied resembles Ya Vu, Ya Vu (JAR AH it is not rew'ly so, but merely like it, explains the syurc2 of our information) and in response t> this cry the p: rson who hears it holds a vessel for the reception of the oleaginous fluid.
The spring now Wenteng emits its water ata much higher temperature than any of the others, too hot for the hand intoed. At other springs the water is used where it issues, and hero it is allowed to flow toa little distance on either sid, wh-re two stone enclosures hive been made for the necommodation of hithers, one for men and one for women, At a distance of several yards, one water is still. effective for defeathering fowls and for cooking green vegetables, sufficiently at Toast to inset the ideas of the economical housewives of the village, About eggs the Chines: are mors fustilious, avd the water is said to be not hot enough t> core them harT enough for native taste, Tae first fo hours of th Weateng t> Shihtao are sp. raigs of hills of a more theo those €" the North; lat-r, is not 5" rough, though still hi summits of several ut these miniature pagodas, built to muintiin the equili num of the local fu shui, threatened by the evil influences emanating from neighbouring graveyards. long twelve miles from longish twenty-one feom market town: of some imp n A mile or more to the south lies Wang%ixchuany (ERE), corrupted toerlty into Me Kincher, and favourably knows un ler that name. through all ow try the road, A branch of the ones woulthy and powerful Liang family has its re. here, a benavolen' aristoersey in a mie!
ium is prohibitd, laded sto be unter ber in most of the hamlets of Exstern Shintang; schools are provided and th: children camp sled to atten. In this hive ar: nodeoaes. Curfew does not toll in leet, but exefew hoars are kept. The Liang family exercises a healthy and important inflaence over a wide extent of country. None of its members holds official rank, of course; the grandfather of the present men was Governor of Shansi in his tims, and this fact is the rock on which the family intluenze is hwei. The original home of the Liangs is t" the North, in British tarr tory; of the pres ut ocoupan's of the old home more anon. En ough to say here that it has dong little ty main-the family reputation, or the credit of the $ uthern branch, A few miles further on, at the entrance to the village of Taikuantn, stands a tine archway, if such a worl em be pliol to an' erection every ling ut which is straight, dating h tite years. It comm os and bel ands ths ehstity and filld piety of a lily who died at cisht; and whose husband died whea she was but Chastity (fif}) has reference ty her devotion to her husband I's memory; filial piety (2Z), to her care for his parents, with whau she preferred to remain in "perperad widowhool" rather than consent to accept a new how In poor homes suc' virtues ara not practicable; from them young widows are sovedity sent Test expeadeo than t> ina rey consideration for ths pro sumptive hushind's family; whil: the fest husband's family rid thems: tves of a burden and, may be, 20 obtain something to ruses incusre over the marriage of the deezwel, Oily wealthy familias can aff ved t" com-n2morate such virtues. Moreover, to obtain impri conven' inv "ves a console 1 whilst against the cost of the mou nent the Imperial exchequer contributes bit a title, Shihtao (7 f), ie. Stone Teal, is notan islanil as its name it possible that i integral pret of th" prase-at mi if the s: conl charioter of th: mem? is aot appropriate the first assielly is. Ths town lies at the foo: of nae end of a shoot range, rising in ies highest of fully fourteen hundred fee is composed of rel grail useful build able to workuvnsiiip, ance and _pricticilly quantity. So far no real been done; the huge boulders thst still lie in pr fusion on the moautvin sides hive furnished the supply hichecto, As thes ganize masses rise practiedly from the water's edge—Shihtso lies along their base land transport presents no difficulty. The fortifications at Weihaiwei and Port Arthur were built from this stone, as was much of the banding work at Chef, Large quan-recently been shippd to the Pore Arthur, and large orders plies, frou Chefoo and from ats exported for spring delivery. Tals expected boom has enh in siesvand the local stone of quoting for other tha immediate delivery.
Te is nat clear to whom the stone-producing hills belong. To a local fami namd Kiang, papio of suns substance ho amount paid un large, though the rate No doubt the output could be largely increws2t under more enterprise avnagement, supported by capital. jetty and a supply of suitable lighters and junks for transport would facilitate this and improve the tele.
Nex: to its export of yranice, the fishing is Shikvaa's most important interest. Whilst this continues without intermission throughout the year, the month of May is the ishing season' (HTP). Then the fishing boats for imuy miles around make the port their _hewlquarters, selling the catch to loci merchants, who salt it and in tun sell is to the janks coming from the South with cookery, paper, rics, cloth, or general nutimes, perhaps more frequently 3 from' thy South take their original cargo to a Northern port, load beans at Newchwang for Shihtan, changing their cargo at the latter place for dried and salted fish. The catch of cod is usually large, barracoutts (ribbon fish), mackerel, siang (" mgnitied herring of coarse sgeain), shark or dog Gxh (((or (Gil as the Larger and smaller sizesarg called respectively) exch famish a urge contribution. '1 svt used is made from sow water, sun-dried on the shallow mud perch at the end of the bay, fear or five miles to the North, supplemented by importation from neigh-Douring plices.
The harbour of Shihtao is protected from all quarters save the South. Its inner waters are deep enough to coasting stavners, vessels draught finding ample accommodation out-i Northern-bound steamers occas'onsltelter here free a Northern gale, and of Into years German warships not infrequently call to visit the Titis graveysed. Junk from the South uw cal! in for water and supplies, Shihtao b ug the first plaice of cal after Jeaving the mouth of the Yangtze. Fog in the summer months is the principal death ok to the pact, Ths surroundings are beautiful, and the climate salubrious.
Tac bean-vil trade 1 important elemut in the e smmercial life of Shihtao, as twenty-six factories working' of ree int years. Previous to ths Fupaness war, the trad seemed declining, bat sines then, probably dae t> ths disinuntling of factories in Manchuria, there lis bean a spurt, on the strength of which old factories were re-opened an Unew ores built, Meanwhile the oil his more thin duublad la price. Th: snaply of bows e mes feom Manchurie by junk, voz farmers adding a moiety. Th? beans are first erushoT water a heavy ae wheel, standing between fur five fest india meter, with " n hour 6 inches brow. This is dean venlar trea gh, in wh 2 than boiled.
syme plan, Lil ova aa iron hoop, forms the bel of which the sed ting miss of bonsis tail, Over this the Lose ends of the leaves ar2 turnel ant kept in place by another icon hoop. Half dozen of these are put in the press at any time and subject to increasing pressure, exerte by wedges driven in over a crossbeam between stout uprisits, The wedges
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