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TABLE OF CONTENTS. 409<br />

CHAPTER VIII.<br />

STANCES OX THE OCEAN.<br />

Delicacy of Conditions. — Compliance with them Indispensable. —<br />

Teachings of Spirits. — How they read Thoughts. — The Length of<br />

Time that Man has inhabited the Earth. — Spirits passing through<br />

Matter. — Selfishness in Spirit-Life. —Where are the Spirit-Spheres<br />

located ? — Can Spirits pass to the Planets ?— Obsessing Spirits of the<br />

Lower Spheres. — Are there Animals in Spirit-Life? — Do the Spheral<br />

Belts, encircling, revolve with the Earth?— The Occupations in Different<br />

Spheres. — The Christ-Sphere of Purity 121<br />

CHAPTER IX.<br />

CHINA.<br />

Hong Kong. — The Face of the Country. — The Past Histoiy of China.<br />

— Its Ancient Names. — Early Efforts to Christianize the Chinese. —<br />

Up the Pearl River to Canton.— The Chinese Temples. — Magicians. —<br />

Streets. — Sedan-Chairs. — Customs. — Benevolent Institutions before<br />

the Presence of Missionaries. — Chinese Literature. — The Coolie<br />

Trade. — Christian Kidnapping. — America long known to<br />

the Chinese.<br />

— Why the Coolies came to California. — Consulting Spirits<br />

before leaving. —Chinese Cemeteries. — Pagodas, and why they were<br />

built 133<br />

CHAPTER X.<br />

CHINESE EELIGIONS AND INSTITTTTIONS.<br />

Confucian Examination-Hall. — The Great Wall, and Walled Cities. —<br />

Eating Rats and Puppies. — Chinese Books of Morals. — Lau-tsze<br />

the Superior of Confucius. — Extracts from his Teachings. — How<br />

they reckon Time. — Buddhism. — Its Teachings. — Chinamen as<br />

Emigrants. — Do they murder their Infants? — Their Retorts on<br />

Christians. — The Deification of General Ward. — His Career with<br />

General Walker in Nicaragua. — The Tai-ping Rebellion. — Tea.<br />

say of it. — Methods of Converse. — Very<br />

Secret of Mr. Burlingame's Influence in China. — Chinese Spiritualism.<br />

— What Missionaries<br />

Ancient among the Chinese. — The Moral Influence of Spiritism upon<br />

the Nation 151<br />

CHAPTER XL<br />

COCHIN CHINA TO SINGAPOEE.<br />

The Anamites. — Saigon. — The Anamite Customs and Religion.<br />

French Fashions and American Independence. — Singapore. — The<br />

Tropical Beauty of the Island. — The Malays of the City. — The<br />

Malays an Old Race. — Their Color, Dress, and General Features. —<br />

Whence came they? — How did they reach America?—Customs<br />

Common to the Malays and our Indians. — Religion of the Malays. —<br />

The Orang-Utan. — Darwinianism 178

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