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without doing injury. The Chinese shopkeepers usually keep a 

 pet cock tied by a string to a peg on the path outside the door, 

 and slip out and have a friendly set-to with a neighbour's cock, 

 in the intervals between the arrivals of customers. 



Papal indulgences for sins, and even crimes, are still sold in 

 the Philippines, by the Government, at its offices all over the 

 country, at the same counters with tobacco, brandy, and lottery 

 tickets, and other articles of which the Government retains the 

 monopoly. The perpetual right to sell indulgences in Spain and 

 its colonies, was granted to the Spanish Crown by the Pope in 

 1750. In 1844-45 the Government received from this source of 

 revenue upwards of £58,000.* 



* For the roost valuable and exhaustive account of the Philippine 

 Island, see F. Jagor, " Eeisen in den Philippinen." Berlin, Wiedmann, 

 J 873. For account of Sale of Indulgences, see s. 108. 



