Nature . ries accordingto the point atwhich the stoneis struck. Thestone fromwhich all thesebodies is madeis a g r e v i s Ii oolitic limestone. I was informedthat it c a m efrom a quarry alKwan Ko Shan,aboul seventeenmiles south-eastol Chiifu. Mosi of the slope- From this plai ehas no musical quality, but from time to time veins of it are found, andwhen found it is usually abundant. Stone gongs ofthis kind are found in ail pails of the country, and someare in the possession of foreigners. So far as I can findout, they all come from this one locality. They have beenknown for many centuries, an
Nature . ries accordingto the point atwhich the stoneis struck. Thestone fromwhich all thesebodies is madeis a g r e v i s Ii oolitic limestone. I was informedthat it c a m efrom a quarry alKwan Ko Shan,aboul seventeenmiles south-eastol Chiifu. Mosi of the slope- From this plai ehas no musical quality, but from time to time veins of it are found, andwhen found it is usually abundant. Stone gongs ofthis kind are found in ail pails of the country, and someare in the possession of foreigners. So far as I can findout, they all come from this one locality. They have beenknown for many centuries, and it is recorded that thedistrict from which they come paid its share of a certainspecial Imperial lax in sounding stones. 1 should bepleased if any reader could give the cause of this veryremarkable property, and if ii is not understood I wouldgladly give what help 1 can towards elucidating this journey I was pressed for time, and as myroute lav directly east from Chiifu I was not able to visit.
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