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Si 



TUANSLATION. 



Form of a circular for holding lodge. 



In daytime all is red (light), so come at nighttime; 

 Come, my pledged brethern, early to the inceuse-table: 

 I , your humble servant , will come myself to wait upon you ; 

 For it is right and proper that we pledge fraternity in 



the peach-garden. 

 "The year, month, night, 



in the „Hall of obedience to Hung" a markefc 

 will he opened (*). 



The Hung-hrother X presents his respects. 



(SEAL OP THE SOCIETY I-HING.) 



Please to communicate this fuxther. 



In one of the copies, also, is found a form 

 of circular as is used in Siam. ( 2 ) 



The verse at the head of that circular is dif- 

 ferent; namely: 



A (* « ft $ ï ft 



ss # * * * # a 



A m -at pn ^ $ 



m SL » # ± » fi 



ït 



m 



[S| &k %& 

 IMJ ftn s£& 



ï=t m 



{ l ) The characters y j|j pj and it : J* are mutilated forms of the characters vit J||j| ^ (the name 



of the 2d Lodge) and p^ rlFj to °P en a parket, i, e. to hold lodge. Comp. p. 25. 

 ( 2 ) f~ 



t * i'fl 



m 



