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CONSULTING THE FORTUNE-TELLER AT HIS HUMBLE SEAT OF CUSTOM
| Before the credulous Chinese will take any steps in their daily lives — be it the selling of a wife or the selling of a pig — the fates must be consulted to determine a happy day. The street fortune-teller does a thriving trade in settling these momentous questions, and does not let his patrons forget that Confucius made them consult the gods on all occasions |
CHINESE CHESS PLAYERS AT THEIR "GAME OF WAR"
| As used in China chessmen resemble the Western draughtsmen, with the names of the pieces they represent cut in the top of the wood. The board has sixty-four squares, all one colour, and the pieces are placed on the intersections of the lines. The pieces are the general, pairs of secretaries, elephants, horses, chariots and cannon, and five soldiers |