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GOnDESS OT MEHcr.
beilch to the noi th- '
last (if China, ther.
botl to them. The
good spirit, and ar others to tbe evil. Nv.
ward of .Potsoor.;;, ij<r.n the shore which bice- ;
ivere several square .tones with pieces of pci>i f
oative.s gave ns to isodiTstand they ssere the p!
■liivitliials ; but
we co'.dd not ei. itU' understand ■)/• «.dine of ti' si«,......r'y
f)i,aceti to those iqvx' she beiR-h tva.s rallied away 1)^ ' «■«:
found to contain a in r t t for tbe safe voyage of a fnei.e ■
from-Loo Choo to e hi « I it is very probable, the’-i foré, that t :.
ive saw were for sinvtre' purposes. At tbe Jos ‘îouse at I ■
i have mcntioni-d pi. to- of paper being suspended bettveen the panels,
and have ah:« suggested ¡.he probability of their being supplications
of a similar nature, liioeed one ofthese also was taken to Aiacao by
Lieutenant Clitforei. .uid found to be an invocation of the devil*.
In a naJuR.1 ■. a- e near Abbey Point, I found a rudely carved image,
about tbreeefeet in height, of the. goddess Kwan-vi,« (jiri.’ieum j. ‘ Kvan
yong by tbe T.oo Chooan.s). In ti-'ct o f : ’.', d «:t. ti«-“. i •
square stone vcascis for-ct; . . . *. :cir!
pieces of poli.sbed ■ >-- ' ./•«.uretl ,« oe i:«i'
the puipi.ise of deciiimg in tbe manner practised by tlv:
..-•i-iî ill ihe lie .'ir rattled in a bamboo
w^iiii its iiiai-k uppermost; when it is
i .ook of the priest, and an answer is given
. . re very unwilUng to allotv me to approach
back when I siepr.cd «ito a small stone
purpose of examining sbese pieces ofw'ood.
honour of this g iddcs.s, and no doubt i’
Foo s. r: 1! <1..!.
case O '. ■ ■'
refern-c
according: , ' n
this ligui'c, « ' -i ; - ' >
area in front . '-'.i
In China tbes . ¡« ' >
are the same in 1 «
'I'he followi«!/ .1.
ih:
natives of .i.oo v =
“ How many rre-ign
“ What are the.se religion.'
to several questions wbicb I pul
i explain the religion of tbe peors«
there in Loo Cboo ? "
; «i.Sbih,Taou. Shihistlie
—“ Are there many iiersnn.s oi!''.« religion of .iee
“ Foo ?” No good.”—“ Taou . ' '««. ”—“ Does .ii,.
• Ha lt's Loo Ciioo, t to , p.
:I.
1827.
Lmaim.Hi'Uistedlj'IfcmyCoUrtrrn.tSichiiidBen.üçy-. 18S0.