On the ninth of the ninth moon, foreigners are to be exterminated root and branch (chien tsao ch'u ken). All the gods and spirits will then protect all-under-heaven which will be peaceful, the five grains will be produced in abundance. Alli persons are to assist in propagating this notification. A single shoot will ward off the calamities of one individual, three copies circulated will ward off ills from a whole family, ten sheets will do the same for an entire village, so that they can all learn the principles of the I Ho Tuan, or Harmony Bund. Thirty copies of this sheet will inducesupernatural manifestations. The notice closes with a reminder that the 7th of the 7th moon, the 8th of the 8th moon, and the 9th of the 9th moon are the dates when fire is contra-indicated. In a closing line one is informed that the boards on which this document is ent are kept in the Jui Hsing block-cutting shop, on the west side of the "Yen Shou Monastery street" in Poking. 3% OH 3E 3 5 OG 3
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.