Aberdeen (Hongkong), Scare at,366Aboriginal tribes of Shantung,38seq.Aden, Weihaiwei compared with,17Adiantifolia Salisburia,168,381Administration of Weihaiwei,7-9,28,80seq.,429seq.Adoption of heirs,151,203,205,231,284seq.Africa, Suicide of Widows in,225Agriculture,16,56,79,90,91,153-4,164,166,180seq.Ai-shan-ch'ien (village),54Ai-shan Miao (temple),54(1),385-6Alceste, H.M.S.,1,156Allen, Grant,quoted,251,287(2),319,365(1),379(5),384Amitabha Buddha,404Amputations, Chinese superstitions regarding,281Ancestor-worship,119,126,134-5,186-7,192,196,251-2,258seq.,263,276seq.,301seq.,318seq.,328seq.,331seq.,342Ancestral spirits not malevolent,286-7,341seq.Ancestral tablets,135,236-7,277seq.,277-9,282seq.,339-40Anhui, Province of,334Annals, Chinese official, of Weihaiwei and neighbourhood,26,35-6,37,46,52seq.,56,58,59seq.,168-9,289seq.,300,362-3,390-1,402Appeal Court of Weihaiwei,100-1Armadas sent against Japan,44-5Arnold, Matthew,quoted,329Ashtoreth, Moon-goddess of Hittites,191(4)Aston, Dr.,quoted,319,341,373,388Astronomical knowledge in early China,40seq.,59seq.Australia, Folk-lore of,299Aztecs,420Barbarians of eastern Shantung,38seq.,42Barnes, Lt.-Col.,83Barton, Mr. S.,79Bat'uru, a Manchu military distinction,71Beacon-fires,19Beehive tombs,257-8Bernard, Mr. E. R., quoted,308(footnote)Betrothals,203seq.Bishop, Mrs.,cited,377(2)Black'sFolk-Medicinequoted,287-8,291(1),375(1),377Bohemia, Folk-lore of,298-9,376(1),382Bower, H.M.,cited,379(5)Box, Rev. A.,quoted,180(3),183(2),185(3),366(1),371(1),377(1)Boy Scouts of the Weihaiwei School,90Brenan, Byron,quoted,15(1)Bridge to Fairyland,21-3Brigands,55,60,62,90British and Chinese officials, Relations between,87-9British Columbia, Betrothal customs in,206British rule at Weihaiwei,1seq.,7-9,77seq.Brooms, Demons afraid of,190(1),296Bruce, Major (now Lt.-Col.),83Buddha, Images of,397,400-2,406Buddhism,10,334,351,352,357,381,398seq.Burial customs,6-7,254seq.,276seq.,367Burial-grounds,135,254-75Burial of evoked souls without the body,281seq.Burial of the living,225,274,367Burma,156(2)"Burning of the Books,"20Burton'sAnatomy of Melancholyquoted,164Caird, Edward,quoted,329Canal suggested at Shantung Promontory,19Canonisation of saints and deities,335,337,338seq.Canton,421Capital, Foreign, in China,446-7Carlyle, Thomas,quoted,328Cats, Beliefs regarding,292-4Ceylon,80Chang-chia-shan (village),18,382,398Ch'ang-fêng (village),97Ch'ang-kuang prefecture,44Chao-shih-shan (hill),21Character of people of Weihaiwei,168seq.Charities in China,70,73-4Charms,173-4,187,188,194,198,346,358Chatterton Hill, G.,quoted,224,306(1)Chefoo,14,24,78,426Chemulpo,14Chên-jênof Taoism,355Chêng-ch'i Shan,seeMount MacdonaldCh'êng Huang (city god),364-71Ch'êng-shan-tsui,seeShantung PromontoryCh'êng-shan-wei,46seq.,51,53,63Chi-ming-tao ("Cock-crow Island"),25,52Chi-t'ien(sacrificial land),122,135,258-9Chiang-chia-chai (village),158Chih-hui,47seq.,70Children of Weihaiwei,129,179,183-4,245-53Chin dynasty,59China's Millions(missionary journal),316-7,336Chinan-fu (capital of Shantung),407Chinese drama,130seq.Chinese Regiment, The,28,82-7Ching-hai-wei,53Ching-wei (a mythical bird),38Ch'i Ch'ung-chin,70Ch'i K'uang (village),18Ch'i, State of,17,42seq.Ch'iao-t'ou (village),14,53,129Ch'ien-hu,47Ch'ien Li-k'ou (village),18Ch'ien Lung, Reign of,65Ch'in dynasty,20,43Ch'in Shih Huang-ti (the "First Emperor"),20seq.,42,43Ch'ing dynasty,62Ch'ing Chou (one of the nine provinces of Yü),39Ch'ing-chou-fu,407Ch'ing-fêng-t'êng, a Chinese medicinal herb,177Ch'ing-ming Festival,70,185-7,255-6Cho-ch'i Shan,seeMount MacdonaldChou dynasty,20,43Christendom, Pagan survivals in,182seq.,186Christianity,104,157,302-3,305seq.,314seq.,333,407,412,and seeMissionariesChristian Science,176Chronicles, Chinese,seeAnnalsChrysanthemum wine,192Chuang Tzŭ (Chinese philosopher),351(1),354Ch'un Ch'iu(the "Spring and Autumn Annals"),34Ch'ü Yüan (ancient statesman of Ch'ü),188Ciceroquoted,174(4)Cinderella of the British Empire, The,2City-god,364-71,and seeCh'êng HuangCivil authority, Chinese respect for,47,434-6Civil Service of Weihaiwei,97-101Climate of Weihaiwei,28,63,81-2Club, United Services, at Weihaiwei,25Coffins,121,290-1Coffin-nails, Superstitions regarding,290-1Coffin-wood, Chinese and other superstitions regarding,290-1Cold Food, Festival of,185-6Comets,59,62,63,65,66,67Commercial probity of Chinese,138Commissioner of Weihaiwei,28,79,80,81,98Concubinage in China,169,214seq."Confucian Pencil,"31Confucianism,10,11,109,116,123,300-50,434-6,449,and seeConfuciusConfucianism not unreligious but untheological,330Confucius,11,34-5,42,271,272,300,301seq.,311seq.,321,324seq.,347,352-4,430,449,and seeConfucianismConservatism of Weihaiwei,6-11Convention relating to Weihaiwei,2,29-30,57,77-8,428Conybeare, F. C.,quoted,320(2)Cook, A. B.,cited,378(2)Corpses, Superstitions regarding,292seq.,295seq.County Folk-lorequoted,176(1),179(1),180(3),291(1),294,379,386(1),387(2)Courtesy of Orientals,169seq.Cox, Rev. Sir G. W.,quoted,374Crime and lawlessness, Comparative freedom from,87,99,158seq.,434-5Cross-roads, Superstitions regarding,376-7Currency question,443seq.Cypress trees,262,263,264,and seeEvergreen treesDalny,14(footnote)Davenport'sChina from Withinquoted,316(2),336(1)Davis, O. K.,quoted,348Davis, Sir John,quoted,331Davison, Charles,quoted,67(1)Dead, Festivals of the,191,192,292,369Dead, Marriages of the,6,204seq.Dead men and ghost-lore,276seq.Deer in Weihaiwei,166Dennys'sFolk-lore of Chinaquoted,27,175(2),177(1),191(4),287(2),291(1),292(2),294(1),377(1),380(2)Devils,173seq.Devonshire folk-lore,291(1)Diodorus Siculusquoted,402(1)District headmen,95,156,289District magistracies,15seq.,53District Officer's Department,53,54,97,and seeWên-ch'üan-t'angandSouth DivisionDivisions, North and South, of Weihaiwei,97-8,104,114seq.,129Dog, Heavenly,174Dogs, Superstitions regarding,292-3Doolittle'sSocial Life of the Chinesecited,291(1)Dorward, Maj.-Gen. Sir A.,79Douglas, Sir Robert,quoted,104,312,313,352(2),387(3)Dragon, Chinese,36,37,385-91,and seeLung WangDrama in China,130seq.Driver, Prof. S. R.,365(1)Drought-demon,295-9Droughts,16,52,60seq.,81,90,297,346Drowning, Superstitions regarding,287-8Du Bosequoted,331,348"Dwarf-catchers,"49"Dwarfs,"seeWo-jênandJapaneseDyaks of Borneo,376(1)Dynastic histories of China,35Earthquakes,55,60,61,63,64,66,67Eclipses,68,418-22Edkins, Dr.,quoted,334,417-8Education,172seq.,195,333Egypt,318,320,387(2)Egypt, Funeral trees in,264(1)Eliot, Sir Charles,quoted,329,335(2),341Elixir of Life,20,22,24,32Epidemics,56,64,67Ethics, Confucian,301seq.,307seq.,328seq.,352-