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10. What sacrifices are performed at the wind temples ? 



11. Do you, or the Chinese, express the dread you have of these 

 storms by the Chinese words Chung wei che. (There is a sincere 

 awe or dread of it (the tyfoon) ? 



12. Do you express the termination of the storm by the Chinese 

 words Loc-se (falling in the west) ? 



13. How long do these storms last ; and what is the longest and 

 shortest time of their duration 1 



14. How do they begin? 



15. How do they continue? strait from the same quarter or turn- 

 ing? 



16. How do they turn ? 



17. Do they always turn the same way ? 



18. At what time of the moon do they usually occur ? 



19. How often in the year ? 



20. Give the dates, years, and months of any of those which are 

 recollected as being particularly violent, and where they occurred ? 



21. In what parts are they most violent ? 



22. And at what season of the year do they occur mostly, and 

 when most violently ? 



23. Are they storms of wind and dust only ; or of hail or snow 

 or rain ? 



24. Do the winter storms last longer than the summer ones ? 



25. Do they ever overwhelm travellers, caravans, &c. and when and 

 where does this occur ? 



26. Do you know of their approach by any signs ; and what are 

 these signs (sun, moon, stars, clouds, noises, behaviour of animals, &c.) ? 



27. Are there (in the summer) any hot whirlwinds ? Describe 

 them. 



28. Is there ever a calm in the middle of the heavy wind-storms, 

 and then does the wind begin to blow hard again, and is it then from 

 the same point? 



29. Have you yourself been in these storms ? 



30. Do they hurt your crops, or gardens, or animals? 



31. Do they ever seem to burn up the grass where they pass ? 



32. Is there any thunder and lightning with them or at the end ? 



33. Do they destroy houses if not well built ? 



