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[Illustration: "SNAKE'S BLOOD MIXED WITH POWDERED DEER-HORN."]






A CHINESE WONDER BOOK

BY

NORMAN HINSDALE PITMAN


ILLUSTRATED BY
LI CHU-T'ANG


[Illustration: Colophon]


NEW YORK
E. P. DUTTON & CO.
681 FIFTH AVENUE