stone about it; and the weird Dogs of Fo keep watch before it, as before
the temples of the gods.

[Illustration: Chinese calligraphy]




The Tradition of the Tea-Plant


SANG A CHINESE HEART FOURTEEN HUNDRED YEARS AGO:--

_There is Somebody of whom I am thinking.
Far away there is Somebody of whom I am thinking.
A hundred leagues of mountains lie between us:--
Yet the same Moon shines upon us, and the passing Wind
breathes upon us both._




THE TRADITION OF THE TEA-PLANT

"Good is the continence of the eye;
Good is the continence of the ear;
Good is the continence of the nostrils;
Good is the continence of the tongue;
Good is the continence of the body;
Good is the continence of speech;