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[40] Jih yüeh ho pi, wu hsing lien chu.
[41] The large number of earthquakes recorded in the Annals of this region is remarkable. Only slight earth-tremors have been noticed since the beginning of the British occupation, but the experience of former days should prevent us from feeling too sanguine as to the future. A recent writer has pointed out that though violent earthquakes are not to be expected on "a gently sloping surface such as the ocean-bed from which the British Isles arise," they may be expected on "the steeply shelving margins of the Pacific Ocean." (Charles Davison in the Quarterly Review, April 1909, p. 496.)
[42] In another chapter mention will be made of the Virtuous Widows and other women of exemplary conduct whom the Chinese delight to honour.
[44] A kind of Manchu D.S.O.
[45] Quoted in Weihaiwei Chih (9th chüan, p. 69).
[46] See pp. [74], [391] seq., [396].
[47] A city on the Grand Canal in Kiangsu, well known on account of its association with the name of Marco Polo.