Note 115 — XV. MISS YING-NING; OR, THE LAUGHING GIRL.
Herbert Allen Giles translation
Disembodied spirits are supposed to have no shadow, and but very little appetite. There are also certain occasions on which they cannot stand the smell of sulphur. Fiske, in his Myths and Myth-makers (page 230) says, “Almost universally, ghosts, however impervious to thrust of sword or shot of pistol, can eat and drink like Squire Westerns.” return to footnote anchor 115 return to footnote anchor 123