rendering; and the English version of Percy is based upon the Portuguese
text. The work is rich in poetical quotations.

HEÏ-SONG-CHÉ-TCHOO.--"One day when the Emperor Hiuan-tsong of
the Thang dynasty," says the _Tao-kia-ping-yu-che_, "was at work in his
study, a tiny Taoist priest, no bigger than a fly, rose out of the
inkstand lying upon his table, and said to him: 'I am the Genius of ink;
my name is Heï-song-ché-tchoo [_Envoy of the Black Fir_]; and I have
come to tell you that whenever a true sage shall sit down to write, the
Twelve Divinities of Ink [_Long-pinn_] will appear upon the surface of
the ink he uses.'" See "L'Encre de Chine," by Maurice Jametel. Paris.
1882.

HOA-TCHAO.--The "Birthday of a Hundred Flowers" falls upon the
fifteenth of the second spring-moon.

JADE.--Jade, or nephrite, a variety of jasper,--called by the
Chinese _yuh_,--has always been highly valued by them as artistic
material.... In the "Book of Rewards and Punishments," there is a
curious legend to the effect that Confucius, after the completion of his
_Hiao-King_ ("Book of Filial Piety"), having addressed himself to
Heaven, a crimson rainbow fell from the sky, and changed itself at his
feet into a piece of yellow jade. See Stanislas Julien's translation, p.
495.

KABIT.--A poetical form much in favor with composers of Hindoo
religious chants: the _kabit_ always consists of four verses.

KAO-LING.--Literally, "the High Ridge," and originally the name
of a hilly range which furnished the best quality of clay to the