5Kublai Khan,44-5Kuei Chieh(Festivals of the Dead),191,192,292,369La-pa-chou(Twelfth-month gruel),192Lai-tzŭ,43Lancashire folk-lore,377Land-tax,64,65,96-7Land-tenure,55,127-54Lang, Andrew,quoted,318(1)Lantern-dances,184Lantern Festival,182-4,409Lao Chün,391Lao Mountains,73Lao Tzŭ (The Old Philosopher),40(1),351seq.,391Lao-ya Shan,31Laoism,356Lawyers, Absence of,102,104Le Roycited,326(1)Lease of Weihaiwei to Great Britain,29,and seeConventionLegal system of China, Reform of,448Legge, Professor,cited,39,41(1),271(1),297(1),300(1),302(2),311,312,313,316,321,340,345(2),353Li Ch'un(Beginning of Spring),180seq.Li Hung-chang a serpent-worshipper,387(3)Li-k'ou hill,32Li Tzŭ-ch'êng,50Lighthouses,19Likin tax,443Lin-chia-yüan (village),165,381,383Lincolnshire, Folk-lore of,176(1),179(1),379,387(2)Literature, God of,361-2Litigation,98seq.,102-26Liu, Mr. and Mrs.,26-8Liukungtao,12,25seq.,30,47,48,50,78,79Lockhart, Sir James H. Stewart,79Locusts,60,61,62,64,65,66,67,68,396Lowell, Percival,Occult Japanby,quoted,175(2)Lu, Earl of,69Lu, the native state of Confucius,42Luchu Islands,1Lucky and Unlucky days,295(2)Lun Hêngof Wang Ch'ungcited,40(2),271(1),297,347(1)Lung Wang (Dragon King),289,336,385-91Lyall, Sir Alfred,cited,339,365(1),446Lyra, H.M.S.,1,56Ma-t'ou,seePort EdwardMacdonald, Mount,32,166,397-8Macgowan'sSidelights on Chinese Lifequoted,109,201(2),342(2),414,423,424Mackay Treaty,443-4,448(1)Mad dogs, Cures for bites of,176-8Madagascar, Mirror superstition in,295Magdalen College, May Day at,413Magisterial courts at Weihaiwei,98seq.Maidenhair tree,168,381Maine'sAncient Lawcited,136(1)Malay States, Superstitions and folk-lore of,175(1),298(1),379,422(1)Manchu dynasty,50-1Manchu invasion of China,50-1Mandalay,365Mang-shên,180-2Mang-tao village and tree,383-4Market villages,129Marriage customs,169,203seq.,232seq.Marriages between the dead,6,204seq.Martin, W. A. P.,quoted,332-3,352Masperocited,356,379(5)McKibben, Rev. W. K.,quoted,354Meadowsquoted,321Mencius,34,300,343(1),430(1)Mêng-chia-chuang (village),134Mexico, Religious customs and beliefs in,186,375,388Micius (Chinese philosopher),347(1)Middlemen in Chinese marriages,204,206Midsummer, Folk-lore relating to,189Military precautions against Japanese,44seq.Milky Way, Different names for,318(1)Millard, T. F.,quoted,440(1),445(footnote)Ming dynasty,31,44,46,50-1,6Mirage,30Mirrors, Superstitions regarding,294-5Missionaries,11,57,58,122,123-4,302(2),315seq.,331seq.,336,353seq.,407,412Mo Tzŭ,seeMiciusMock suns (parhelia),60Modernists,326(1),413Mohammedanism,407Mongol dynasty,44,257-8,and seeKublai KhanMontaigne's Essaysquoted,312(2),322Montesquieuquoted,344(1)"Moon" (month) in China,59-60Moon-worship,182seq.,191Morse, H. B., cited,444(1)Mortgages of Land,145seq.Mou Chou (district),44Mou-p'ing, Marquisate of,43Mou-tzŭ country,43Mountain-shrines,395-8,and seeHillsMountain-worship,391-8Mountains, Celebrated, of China,35-6,71,73,74,391seq.Mu yü(Buddhist "wooden fish"),190-1Mugwort, Magical use of,188-9Müller, Max,cited,319,321,334(2),352(2),353,414,416-7Mutilations of human body, Chinese abhorrence of,281Nagasaki,14Nai-ku-shan (hill),30,76Names of persons and villages,163-4Nature, Chinese love of wild,32-3,393seq.Navy, The Chinese,426seq.,436seq."New Fire,"186New Guinea, Treatment of children's corpses in,251New Territory of Hongkong,77New Year Festivities,178-9,193-4New Zealand Hearth-god,193(1)Newman, Cardinal,328Newspapers, Absence of, in Weihaiwei,436Ning-hai city and district,14,16,44,53,180(1),301Ning-hai-chou Chih(Annals of Ning-hai),37,300,and seeAnnalsNobushige Hozumiquoted,341,348,373North Division of Weihaiwei,97seq.,129Northumberland folk-lore,180(3),185(2),293Nun, Story of a Buddhist,405-6Ocean spirits,21-2"Oie-hai-oie,"1Oman'sCults, Customs and Superstitions of Indiaquoted,225Opium in Weihaiwei,171-2,357Order-in-Council, Weihaiwei,8,99,100Ordinances of Weihaiwei,80-1Orkney and Shetland folk-lore,184(1),293,294Orpheusof S. Reinachquoted,379(5)Oxford, Rev. A. W.,quoted,315(1),319,378(2)Pa kua(mystic diagrams),181Pai-hu,47Palestine, Human sacrifices in,365(1)Pao-hsin (village),382Parhelia (mock-suns),60,63,67,68Parker, Prof. E. H.,quoted,137(1),334(2),335,355(1)Patria potestas,149seq.Patriarchal theories,15,16,149,156,209seq.,252-3Patriotism in China,429seq.Peasantry of Weihaiwei, Hardihood of,68-9Pedigree-scrolls,279Pei k'ou Pass (also village and temple),18(1),168(1)Peking,81,392Pennant'sTour in Scotlandcited,293Persecutions by Christians,308-9Peru, Religious and other customs in,186,225,418Pestilences,55,64,68,and seeEpidemicsPetitions to officials at Weihaiwei,114seq.P'êng-lai (name of fairy islands),21,24-5Philanthropy shown by Chinese,70,73-4Philostratusquoted,435-6Philpot'sThe Sacred Treecited,379(5),380Pi Kao,70Pine-trees,262,and seeEvergreen treesPirates,44seq.,48seq.,52,55,61Planchettein China,174seq.Poets and poetry of Weihaiwei,30,72,73,74Poisonous influences of the fifth month,188-9Police of Weihaiwei,83,98,101,158seq.Polygamy in China,214Pootoo (sacred island),394,414Population of Weihaiwei,28,29,79,128-9Port Arthur,2,14,56,57,428Port Edward,27,28,29,79,97,172,385,429Prayer, Confucius's attitude towards,327"Pro-Chinese,"125Promontory,seeShantung PromontoryProsperity of Weihaiwei under British rule,90,94-5Psychic research,175Pu-yeh city and district,43Public works at Weihaiwei,93-4Queen of Heaven, The Chinese,336,385Rain, Curious superstitions regarding,295-9Rain, Prayers for, and rain-charms,31,187,336,346Rainfall,16,18,81Rationalism in China,334Recluses, Taoist,32,393seq.Recreation, Means of, at Weihaiwei,26,29Red, a lucky colour,174,178,179,376Reform movements,9-11,173,436seq.,449Regiment, Weihaiwei,28,82-7Reinach'sOrpheuscited,379(5)Religion, Definitions of,328-30Religions of China,23,27-8,31,32,69-70,129seq.,254seq.,276seq.,300,351,385,and seeBuddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, etc.Revenue and expenditure of Weihaiwei,93-7Ritchie, D. G.,quoted,135,317(1)Rivers,seeStreamsRobbers and brigands,55,62,90Robertson, J. M.,quoted,186Rome, Church of, in China,334seq.Rome, Religion in,373,378Russian action in China,57Sacred Edict, The,123-4Sacred hills of China,seeHills, SacredSacred trees,375,377-81Sacrifices, Human,365seq.Saints of Christendom,335,337,381-2San Chiao(Three Religions of China),407San Kuan(Taoist divinities),361Sati,224-5,and seeWidowsScenery of Weihaiwei and neighbourhood,17,18,25,395seq.Schleiermacherquoted,329Scholarly hermits of China,72-3,393seq.School, European, at Weihaiwei,28,90Scolds, Female, in Weihaiwei,197seq.Scott, Sir Walter,314Scottish folk-lore,184(1),291(1),293,294,296,298Sea-monsters in Chinese legend and history,24,26,27,62,65Secretary to Government of Weihaiwei,79,98Seoul (Korea), Spring customs at,183(2)Serpent-worship,387seq.Shan Hai Ching("Hill and Sea Classic"),38,40(2),42,297Shan-shên (mountain-spirits),