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JOURNAL OF THE 



NORTH-CHINA BRANCH 



OF THE 



ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY 



VOLUME LII— 1921 



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PROCEEDINGS vii 



THE OPERATIONS AND MANIFESTATIONS OF THE TAO 



EXEMPLIFIED IN HISTORY. By Evan Morgan 1 



THE HAINANESE MIAO. By ( Miss) M. M. Moninger 40 



NOTES ON THE SYMBOLISMS OF THE PURPLE FORBIDDEN 



CITY. By Florence Ay scough 51 



NOTES ON THE AGRICULTURE, BOTANY AND ZOOLOGY 



OF CHINA. By B. W. Skvortzow ... 79 



EXOGAMY IN CHINA. By H. P. Wilkinson, B.C.L. 112 



LAMPACAO, A MYSTERY OF THE FAR EAST. By H. B. Morse 137 



THE MARRIAGE MAKER. By Charles Kliene, F.R.G.S 139 



THE HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS OF KWEICHOW. By Emily 



G. Kemp 158 



CHRIST IN THE "LI TAI SHEN HSIEN T'UNG CHIEN." By 



E. T. C. Werner ~.. 186 



A TRIP TO HUA KANG. BY W. J. B. Fletcher 192 



THE SONG OF A SKIRT. By W. J. B. Fletcher 193 



REVIEWS OF RECENT BOOKS ... ... 194 



ADDITIONS TO THE LIBRARY 234 



LIST OF MEMBERS 237 



