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The friends accordingly aeiad comical shaped red* 

 or quick-silvered paper, to be converted into moiin- 

 taios of gold or silver for the use of llic deceased 

 hi the invisible world. The names of ihe donors 

 are taken down by a writer for the same object as 

 formerly related* 



A large paper model of a hill is constructed, a 

 valley in the centre of which represents hell, and 

 un wljich the various torture** of the damned are 

 depicted. Over this valley pas^^es a narrow bridge, 

 which is to be crossed by an emblemalical figure 

 of the deceased on his way from darth to heaven, 

 represented by the oppusite sides of the valley. 

 But the tenuity of the bridge is not the only ob- 

 stacle to the transit, as two devils are stationed at 

 the hither end, who are empowered, should the 

 deceased have been a notorious delinquent, or 

 what is more probable, remiss in feeing the priests, 

 to hurl him into hell. 



Should the contrary be the case, two gnardian 

 spirits advance from the further end of the bridge 

 to his rescue, and he is tluis enabled, after re- 

 warding them* for their services, to cross the 

 bridge, at the end of which a seven headed dog 

 opposes his passage, but is compelled to retire by 

 another dog, who comes forward to assist him on 

 account of his acts of piety performed on earth. 



Amongst the numerous gods which constitute 

 the Chinese mythology the two nmst conspicu* 

 ous are Tai-pni-Kong, or the deity of the land 

 being the Gcjvemor, but not the Creator, of all 

 things, for theChine^e are in darkness as to a First 

 Greal Cause, and Tai-Soo-Kw ee, the god of the 



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