476 M. Harrington—Chinese Official Almanac. 
The third day ; there are no indications. 
The fourth day; may receive or make visits and cut out 
clothes; at 7 A. M. may draw up contracts, barter and make 
presents. May not go on a journey nor break ground. 
The fifth day; may visit, bathe, shave and clean up. May 
not plant and sow. 
The sixth day is favorable for sacrifice, conjugal union, visit- 
ing, taking on a new servant, starting on a journey, removing, 
marrying, repairing, building, breaking ground ; at 3 A. M. may 
draw up contracts, open shop, barter, send presents, seal, test 
the soil and bur 
The seventh day; may level roads but must not start ona 
The eighth; may sacrifice, memorialize, enter office, assume 
ceremonial clothes; at 5 A. M. may sit toward the southeast ; 
also favorable for conjugal union, visits, weddings, taking on a 
new servant, starting on a journey, erecting uprights and put- 
ting on crossbeams, building, removing soil and burying. 
And so it goes on for nearly every day in the year. Enough 
has been translated to show the excessive childishness and 
the intervals between the bath-days are unequal, an the 
Journey nor enter office except on favorable days, though it is 
to be hoped they bathe, shave and clean oftener. 
