Note 200 — Chapter VI · NATURAL HISTORY OF CHINA. (continued 2)
Reading edition
Chinese Repository, Vol. VII., p. 250. For a careful analysis of this relic of ancient lore, see the Nouveau Journal Asiatique, Tome XII., pp. 232-243, 1833; also Tome VIII., 3d Series, pp. 337-382, 1839, for M. Bazin’s estimate of its value.