CHINESE MOUNTAINS. 229 



In his " China illustrated " speaking of the Chinese 

 Mountains he says. 



The Mountain Paoki, in the Province of Xensi, hath the Fig- 

 ure of a Cock, who on the approach of a Storm sendeth forth such 

 Murmurs and Roarings, as may be heard at a great distance ; and 

 Olaus Magnus, in his History of the Northern Regions, saith, 

 That such monstrous Sounds happen in the Mountains of the 

 Botnick Sea. 



There is a Mountain in the Province of Kiangsi which hath 

 two Tops, the uppermost of which resembles a Dragon, seeming 

 to stoop fiercely at the lower Spire, which appeareth like a Ram- 

 pant Tyger ; from whose various Aspects the Priests make many 

 Rules of Divinations for their Disciples. 



Another Mountain by its seven tops configureth the seven Stars 

 in the Constellation of the Greater Bear. 



But the Mountain fashion'd in the shape of an Idol, near the 

 City of Tunchue in the Province of Fokien, exceedeth all admira- 

 tion ; concerning which thus writeth Father Martinius in his Ai- 

 las, Page 69. Thejirst Mountain of thin Province (saith he) is 

 worthy of admiration, being situate on the Banks of the River 

 Feu ; for from this Mountain they have, as I may say, not formed 

 a monstrous, but a mountainous Idol, which they call Fe; it sit- 

 teth with cross Legs, or decussated Feet, folding the Hands in his 

 Bosom: You may judge of the Magnitude, the Eyes, Ears, Nos- 

 trils and. Mouth being perspicuous to the Beholders at least two 

 Miles. This they suppose not to have been cut out by the Labor 

 of -Art, (as Dinostratus offer'd to Carve the Mountain Athos into 

 an Alexander, holding a City in one Hand, and a River in the 

 other) but the meer work of Nature much assisted by Fancy. 



They report of the Mountain Taipe in the Province of Xensi, 

 much celebrated by the Oreoscopists or Mountain-Diviners, that 

 a Drum being beaten on it raiseth suddenly Thunder, Lightning, 

 and great Tempests ; therefore is there a strict Law and severe 

 Punishments provided, for whoever is found to offend in this kind. 



The Oreologists relate, that there is a Mountain in the Province 

 Uquang, which is so tenacious of its own Right, that if any one 

 hath feloniously taken any of its Wood, Fruit, or the like, he shall 

 never be able to depart thence, being perpetually included as in 

 a Labyrinth, but he that religiously abstaineth, may go thence 

 without trouble. But we reckon this amongst the Fables of the 

 Ihmzii. 



