VIII CONTENTS. 



Pago 



§ 2. Bad omens , 45 



A. Fighting dragons . . . . .45 



B. Dead dragons . ... 49 



C. Dragons appearing at wrong times 50 



D. Dragons appearing in wrong places . . 54 



§ 3. Dragon-horses 56 



§ 4. Geomancy 59 



CHAPTER III. 



GENERAL INFORMATION. 



§ 1. Enormous light-giving mountain gods 62 



§ 2. Nature of the dragons 63_ 



§ 3. "What dragons like and dislike 67 



§ 4. Shape of the dragons 70 



§ 5.- Male and female dragon? 11 



§ ^6- Different kinds of dragons 72 



§ 7. Kiao lung (!^ f|) 76 



§ 8. Rearing and taming dragons 82 



§ 9. Dragons ridden by s«m, or drawing the cars of gods and holy men. 83 



§ 10. Dragon-boats 83 



§ 11. "Dragon-tail-road" and other words connected with the dragon. 85 



§ 12. Dragon-gate 86 



§ 13. Dragon's dens 87 



§ 15. Dragon herds 87 



§ 15. Dragon's pearls 88 



§ 16. Dragon's eggs 88 



§ 17. Dragon's bones, skins, teeth, horns, brains, livers, placentae 



and foetus, used as medicines 90 



§ 18. Dragon's blood, fat and saliva 96 



CHAPTER IV. 



ORNAMENTS. 



§ ]. Symbols of Imperial dignity and fertilizing rain, represented 



on garments, honorary gates, coffins etc 99 



(§ 2. ' Nine different kinds of dragons, used as ornaments .... 101 



§ 3. Ornaments used by Wu-ist priests and mediums 102 



§ 4. The dragons and the ball 103 



CHAPTER V. 



CAUSING RAIN, THUNDER AND STORM. 



§ 1. The gods of thunder, clouds and rain 109 



§ 2. Violent rains accompanied by heavy winds and thunderstorms. Ill 



§ 3. Rain magic and prayers 113 



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