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FABULOUS AND OTHER ANIMALS. 83

of the nine stories of the were demolished
parts pagoda ; but
the of the was so
strength god awfully stern, and the influence
of the Buddhistic doctrines was so boundless, that the whole
'
building was not destroyed. The damages done by the God
of Thunder ' were repaired by Government." This is probably
the Chinese method of recording the fact that the pagoda was
damaged by lightniug in 1801.
Animals.
In considering some of those which are met with on porce-
lain, we had perhaps better begin with the twelve which are
represented in the Chinese Zodiac.
The Ten Heavenly Stems, as allied to the Five
Elements,
as given by justus doolittle.
Ten stems.