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WANDERINGS IN CHINA. 
Chap. VII. 
who made the heavens and the earth. " Oh, yes," said 
he, ''his name is Ye-su, is it not?" They had known 
something of the Catholic religion, it appeared, there 
being in this part of China a number of converts to that 
faith. While this conversation was going on, one of the 
priests had lighted two candles, and was burning incense 
on the altar. "Now," said he, "come and see the 
precious tooth.'' I stepped up to the altar; and the 
Buddha's Tooth. 
front of a large case being removed, the relics were 
exposed to view, protected by a grating of iron bars. 
On a flat bason in front lay the so-called tooth, a large 
whitish substance about six inches square, and much 
more like a stone than a tooth. Behind this was another 
relic which appeared to me much more curious than the 
first. It appeared to be a small piece of crystal cut in 
the form of a little vase, with a curious-looking substance 
