. Le pays de la toron de raccordement : ses habitants et ses coutumes : Du point de vue d'un garçon . Owds de, piétons, et lotsodes porte-berlines-chaises, et la décharge des feux d'artifice de sable crépitant, et tout ce qui se passe dans les rues étroites, vous .mai avoir une idée de l'éclat, et le bruit, et la confusion de la grande fête des lanternes. / dans certaines villes, à cette occasion, un grand dragon, someten ou douze pieds de long, est porté le long de bâtons au-dessus des têtes de la foule. Le dragon est fait de côtes de bam-boo recouvertes d'un tissu transparent ; à l'intérieur des bougies fixes, de sorte que la créature est brillant illumi- 160 LE

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. The land of the pigtail : its people and customs : from a boy's point of view . owds of, pedestrians, and lotsof sedan-chair bearers, and the discharge of crackersand fireworks, and all this going on in narrow streets, you .may have some idea of the brilliancy, and noise, and confusion of the great Feast of Lanterns. / In some cities, on this occasion, a great dragon, someten or twelve feet long, is carried along on sticks abovethe heads of the crowd. The dragon is made of bam-boo ribs covered with a transparent cloth ; inside arefixed candles, so that the creature is brightly illumi- 160 THE LAND OF THE PIGTAIL. nated. The head is made as hideous as possible ; andas the men carry the dragon they move about so as -toimitate the wriggling motion of a real dragon. All classes are interested and amused at this feast;but for the studious and literate there is special provi-sion made. Various riddles and puzzles are writtenonpaper, and then pasted on the sides of lanterns, andhung up on the front of the-houses of those whocom-pose them. The literary men who make them up. SEDAN-CHAIK. indicate what reward will be given to those who guessthem—a small parcel of tea, or a bundle of fire-crackers, or a fan, or a pencil; and as they are found out, thereward is given on the spot. Well you will say, the Chinese are easily amused: AMUSEMENTS. 161 SO they are; but after all I think their festivals willcompare with ours for the behaviour and sobriety ofthe crowds who attend them. At aU events, we mustallow that even in their simplest amusements theyshow an amount of skill and ingenuity that is com-mendable. ■ I was interested in reading, the other day, in theMarquis de Eeauvoirs book, an instance of theiringenuity that I have never met with elsewhere, whichwill, I dare say, also interest you. He says, — Whilstwalking amongst some fifty of these white-haired child-ren, we saw a pigeon jentangle his wing in a stringand fall at our feet; at once was explained to me amatter which,

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