SUPERSTITIONS AS TO VARIOUS SUBJECTS.
The Hare and Its Attributes—Discovery of Drowned Bodies—Casting
Salt into the Water—The last Piece left upon a
Plate—Fêng-shui—Value of Human Blood and Flesh as Medicinal
Aids—Chinese Cannibalism and its Reason—Blood Bread Sold at Peking
after Executions—Blood of Unborn Infants—Restorative Properties of
Human Flesh—Ancient Rain Stones—Gymnastics; Curious Belief as to
Effects of Practising Them—Bridges and the Beliefs Concerning
Them—Curing Swellings—How to Prevent Water from Boiling over and
Eggs from Cracking—Cinnebar and Vermilion as Antidotes to
Sickness—Superstitions as to the Female Principle and
Silkworms—Signs by Corpses if Dissatisfied, pp. 64–71.