Ambassadors, 45, 46, 47.
America, Chinese in, 84.
American consumption of tea, 457.
American river steamers, 376.

Amoy, 10, 24, 27, 104, 121, 128, 138,
142, 175, 181, 191, 202, 203, 250,
327, 389, 393, 394, 453, 466, 476,
480, 489.

Amoy, Books for learning, 60.
Amusements, 12.

Anatomy, Ignorance of, 35.

Ancestral Hall, 8, 102, 195, 205, 287,
321.

Ancestral Tablet, 18, 19.

Ancestral Worship, 16, 102, 178,
195, 204, 284, 288, 316, 467.

Ancestral Worship, the National
Religion, 17.

Arab traders, 189.
Arabian art, 68.
Arabian trade, 113.
Arbours, 20.
Arch, 26.

Arch of steel, 423.

Arches, Commemorative, 26, 489.

Archery, 14, 31.

Architecture, 19.
Argentan, 465.

Arhan, 333,

Arithmetic, 1, 149.
Army, 27, 118.

Army, Ever Victorious, 32, 421.
Arrows, 28.

Beads, 469.

Beckoning, 164.

Beetles, 233, 237, 497.

Beggars, 49, 52, 157, 237, 290, 435,
489.

Beggar spirits, 17.

Belles lettres, 148, 273.

Bequests for Ancestral Worship, 19.
Bible in China, 295, 298, 299, 300.
Bibliography, 50, 270.
Birds, 495.

Birds' nests, 51, 185, 187.
Birthday of Gods, 12, 459.
Black, 439.

Black bones of fowls, 496.
Black-haired race, 82.

Black mouth and tongues of dogs
and cats, 494; of buttaloes, 494.
Black porcelain, 371.

Black silk, 399.

Black slaves, 408.

Black tea, 478, 479.

Black wood, 74.

Blessings, The Five, 332.

Blind, 15, 49, 291, 317.

Blind singing girls, 15.

Blockade chess, 77.

Blocks for printing, 380, 381, 382.

Blue for mourning, 470.

Borneo Chinese in, 87.
Borrowed uses, 491.

Botanical works, 64, 66.

Botany, 63.
Bowing, 158.
Bows, 28.

Boy, The Old, 441.

Boys, 12, 79, 144-151, 156, 394, 406.
Bracelets, 469.

Braves, 27.

Brazil, Chinese in, 90.

Brethren of the Pear Orchard, 461.
Bribery. 18, 116. 308.

Bridal chair, 285, 286, 288, 289.
Bride crying, 468.

Bridge, 20, 50, 52, 194, 195, 219.
British Columbia, Chinese in. 84.
British Guiana, Chinese in, 85.
Broken silver, 114.

Bronze, 66.

Brush for writing &c., 36, 490.
Buddhism, 37, 39, 41, 58, 67, 68. 74,

82, 111, 133, 204, 219, 247, 248.
249, 251, 273, 279, 290, 304, 317,
340, 363, 387, 425, 429, 435, 441,
443, 445, 446, 467.

Buddhist School of Art, 37, 39.
Burglars, 343.

Burmah, 6, 69.

Burmah, Chinese in, 87.

Business men, 99.

Business name, 322.

Business style, 252.

Butterflies. 237.

Buttons, 311, 282, 283. 469.

Buying water for the dead. 312.

C

Cabinet, 208.

470, 490.

Boats manned by women, 470.

Boat people, 19, 140, 288.

Boat racing. 13, 136.

Boccaro, 365.

Bogue, 29, 30.

Book name, 320.

Book style, 252.

Books, 266, 301, 332. 439. 442, 446.
Books Destruction of the, 219.
Books, Difference between English
and Chinese, 468.

Books for learning Chinese, 60.
Books on China. 54.
Books, The Four, 267, 332.
Boots, 139-141.

Canada, Chinese in, 81.

Canals, 54, 218, 473.

Candarin, 113.

Cannon, early use of, 221.

Canton, 20, 22, 24, 56, 84, 105, 109.
142, 143, 150, 168, 184. 191, 199,
201, 206. 229, 232, 263, 288, 294.
303, 304, 326, 340, 420, 476, 480,
489.

Cantonese, 123, 126, 250.
Cantonese, Books for Learning, 60.
Canton River, 197. 201, 495.
Capital cities, 71. 199.
Capital punishment. 437.
Capping of verses, 14, 354.
Caps, 140, 141, 151, 157, 311.

Carambola, 193.
Caravans, 303.
Caravan tea, 452
Cardinal points, 332.
Cards, 14, 15, 377, 380.
Carnivora, 493.
Carved lacquer, 244.
Carving, 23, 26, 55.
Cash, 113.
Cathay, 81.

Cats' flesh, 184.
Cave dwellings, 25.
Ceilings, 22, 24, 25.
Celadon, 364, 370.
Celestial empire, 81.
Celibates, 446.

Censorate, 208.
Census, 356.

Ceremonial observances, 106, 179.
Ceylon, Chinese in. 86.

Ceylon tea, 454, 455, 456, 457.
Chai-mui, 190,

Chairs, 195.

Chair-coolies, 230.

Cháh-tín-kau, 379.

Chance, Games of, 376.

Chang Liang's flute, 354.
Chang-ngo, 438.

Chang-tsz, 344, 345, 443.
Channels, 198.

Characteristics of a Chinese sage,
441.

Characteristics of Chinese, 3, 4, 83,
91, 389.

Characteristics of Mongols, 307.
Charms, 120.

Chastity, 96, 131.

Chau, Duke of. 217.

Chau dynasty, 216, 217.

Chefoo, Climate of, 105.

Chefoo Convention, 480.

Chen porcelain, 362.

Chess, 14, 75.

Chewhan, 5.

Chihli, 385.

Co., 458.

Daughters, 16, 238, 468.

Decades of the month, 464.
Decimal system, 214.
Decorations, 25. 116.
Deer, 494.

Deforestation, 105, 199.

Degrees of mourning, 312.
Deluge, The Great, 215.

Eggshell porcelain, 368, 373, 374.
Eighteen provinces, 197.

Elements, The Five, 332.
Elixir of immortality, 438, 444.
Embroidery, 151.

Emperor, 45, 132, 151, 206-208, 324.

331.

Encroachments of sea, 201.

English from Chinese pens, 154.
Enquiries as to age, 159.

Essayists, 272.

Demoniacal possession, 119.

Density of population, 357.