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A. Each house lias three divisions ( l ), which are each divided into three stories (-), with 



three rooms each. ( 3 ) Besides, there is the barn of great peace ( 4 ); so there is room 

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ft. 283. How many Caserns ( 5 ) are there? 



A. Eight Caserns. 



ft. 284- And how many Watch-turrets? ( 6 ) 



A. One and twenty Watch-turrets. 



ft. 285. How many Furnaces ( 7 ) are there? 



A. Three families have eigh teen furnaces; viz: the great families Li, ( 8 ) Chu ( 9 ) and Hung. ( I0 ) 



ft. 286. In how many furnaces was fire burning? 



A. Five furnaces were lighted. 



ft. 287. How many Fields are there in the City? ( n ) 



A. There are 72 fields in the City. 



ft. 288. How can you prove that? 



A. I can prove it by a verse. 



ft. 289- How does this verse run? 



A. The seventy two fields are renowned far and wide: 



They yield two crops a year for the nourishment of the Hung-brethern. 



One can feed thousands of soldiers and myriads of horses with their produee , 



Who rnay, afterwards , accompany the prince of the house of Ming. 



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ft. 290. How many crops a year do they yield? 

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ft. 291. What is sown for the early erop ( 12 ) and what for the latter part of winter? ( 13 ) 

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is sown single-stalked red oldman's-rice. ( 15 ) 



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