Method of reckoning in China. 1 7 1 



tlic former case the beads are said to ''count on tlie board," 

 in the latter to be " off the board." Consequently, in order 

 to have 1, 2, 3, and 4 "counting," a corresponding number of 

 beads in the larger compartment must be pushed away 

 from himself till they reach the partition; to mark 5, he 

 similarly draws towards himself a bead in the smaller com- 

 partment, and as 6, 7, 8, and 9 are formed by the addition of 

 5 and 1, 2, 3, and 4 respectively, these will be marked by 

 adding one bead from the lesser compartment to the requisite 

 number of beads in the greater. The tens are indicated by 

 the beads of the next wii'e to the left ; the hundreds by the 

 next again to that, &c. 



Within his own house, Whampoa lives entirely in the Eu- 

 ropean fashion. Plentifully blessed with this world's goods, 

 he displays a degree of luxury such as we are unaccustomed 

 to see save in the most elevated circles of society. One of 

 his properties, which is several miles in circumference, has a 

 spacious, elegantl}'' furnished mansion with a splendid colon- 

 nade, a beautiful flower-garden, and a perfect menagery of use- 

 ful domestic animals. Within the house all the arrangements 

 are European, with the exception of the oval doors, com- 

 municating between the great saloon and the ante-chambers, 

 which are pushed into the wall on either side, and have a 

 very surprising effect. In the evening, especially when the 

 saloon is illuminated, if a person passes through this oval 

 entrance, the effect is as of a life-size portrait set in a golden 

 frame. It would not be a bad idea to introduce this Chinese 



