[319] Jăn-jăn means a gradual but imperceptible advance.
[320] Defined by Williams “as the dragon of morasses and thickets, which has scales and no horn, corresponding very nearly to the fossil iguanodon.” Vide the description (ante) from the Pan-Tsaou-Kang-mu, &c.
[321] Ying—correct, true.
[322] According to Williams, this is a young dragon without a horn, although others, as in the text, say with one.
[323] P’an—to curl up, to coil.
[324] The male and female principle.
[325] See the notices in the body of the work from the Shan Hai King.
[326] See the description of the dragon from the P’au-Tsaou-Kang-mu.
[327] Waters of such specific gravity that even a feather would sink.
[328] Probably a pair from each stream.