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42 CIDNESE MUSIC. the Chinese, as with us, sickly sentimentality-love-sickness, in fact,- and we learn, moreover, the supersti– tious remedies suggested. First, the doctor (I do not include him of comse under the head of 'superstitious i·emedies '); the young lady knows well that all. the d~ctors ~ the world, with their pulse-feeling; priests, with their banging of cymbals, etc.; Lamas, with then· chantmgs; and exorcists, with their incantations, .are useless. She is afraid of all these characters, but, from vn,rious causes, she is not in the slightest deo-ree afraid of her own family. Another thing we learn, that there is such a thing as ' sweetbearting' orl ove-making amongst them; it may be indulged in by stealth-a great deal is done in that way in om· own countries; but it remains a fact, in spite of father, mother, or friends, she meets this young gentleman, and actually tells him she loves him, and to all appearance, too, without his even asking her, though for the credit of the fair sex I trust he may have do_ne so, although she omitted mentioning it. At another place she says, 'He loves me because I am beautiful; and I love liim,' not because he is handsome, but because 'he is young and a student ;' this shows that although young ladies may not study themselves, they like those who do. So here we hav~ mutual love among this ceremonious people : 'He loves me and I love him ;' and t o win~ up all, if .the girl does not _succeed in marrying this young gallant, we have the promise of her dying of b1tterness-m other words, dymg broken-hearted. "The next song I shall introduce is called, as I shall translate it,- T HE HAUNTS OF PLEASURE, OR "YEN-HUA-LIU HSIANG." ii , , I; A I J.; I .J. 1 !, ta I Yen - hua, ya, liii u -~ 4,1;1ta, k , • 4 Nu ch'iin ch'cvi ya liien ch'a lcuan Jen J.'z?1 - J . lc'wi ya llao ssii, hsien nii, lwi. ha ! ha ! ha ! ha ! ~ ha! J , 1 Oh'i lo. lwn - chao - p'ai. Ai ya 1 i ho hai ya j1 £j Ha! ha! ha! ha/ ha/ ha! ha ! 9 ~- .,. I: hsiang chi hita - €hr ., I I J1 J I~ H a ! ha! ha ! Oh'ali.