. Lion and dragon in northern China. their cargoes looted on theshores of British territory than anywhere else alongthe coast of Shantung. Two or three of the villageheadmen have shown great loyalty in accepting andcarrying out British policy in this matter, and havebeen personally instrumental in saving numbers oflives and in helping the crews of wrecked junks tosalve their cargoes and to repair the damage done Blacks Folk-Medicine, p. 29; and Dennyss Folk-lore of China, p. superstition sometimes takes the form of a belief that the rescuedman will some day do some terrible injury to hi
. Lion and dragon in northern China. their cargoes looted on theshores of British territory than anywhere else alongthe coast of Shantung. Two or three of the villageheadmen have shown great loyalty in accepting andcarrying out British policy in this matter, and havebeen personally instrumental in saving numbers oflives and in helping the crews of wrecked junks tosalve their cargoes and to repair the damage done Blacks Folk-Medicine, p. 29; and Dennyss Folk-lore of China, p. superstition sometimes takes the form of a belief that the rescuedman will some day do some terrible injury to his rescuer—perhaps atthe instigation of the evil spirit who was balked of his prey. It isquite erroneous to suppose that this superstitious objection to savingthe drowning is prevalent throughout all China. De Groot {op. v. p. 526) states that he never found a trace of it in the province ofFuhkien ; while, moreover, all the Chinese we interrogated on thishead protested against their humanity being thus called in
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