riGS OF NORTH AND SOUTH CHINA. 
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red coral-like coiymbs of Ixora stricta were con- 
spicuous ; and on tlie wliite dilated calyx-segments 
of Mussaenda erosa I found clustered a pretty 
beetle called Hoplia, with a silvery-grey pubescence. 
The long segments of the crimson-spotted flowers 
of Strophanthus arrested *my attention as I 
approached the precincts of a village, and I stopped 
to gather the sweet-scented' corymbs of Cleroden- 
dron fragrans. I also sniffed an odour not so 
pleasing, and peeping over a bamboo fence I 
observed a piggery ! And this fact reminds me of 
the great difference between the social and physical 
condition of the pigs of the north and the pigs of 
the south of China.' The pig of the south lies in 
a clean sty, and is well cared for. She has a short, 
wrinkled face, glutton eyes, swollen cheeks, a 
sunken back, short legs, and a pendidous belly, 
and she waddles stolidly along with a kind of 
semi -somnolent complacency. The pig of the 
north, on the contrary, has to take care of himself, 
and judging from his physique, he is able to do so. 
He is a black, hirsute, active and irascible pachy- 
