_Pi-shu-suh-hwa_ says: "In Suh-chan and Hang-cheu the twentieth day of the fifth month is called the day of the separation of the dragons. Therefore, in the fifth and sixth months, whenever there is thunder, and the clouds crowd together, if they see a tail bent down, and stretching to earth from among the clouds, moving like a serpent, they say, 'The dragon is suspended.'" Tsu-tz say: "The spiritual dragon leaves the water and dwells in the dry place, and the mole, crickets, and ants annoy him." Kung Sun Hung replied to Tung Fang Shoh, saying: "Before the dragon has ascended he is of a sort with fish and turtles; after he has ascended the heavens his scales cannot be seen." Siu Tsung Yuen answered an inquirer, saying: "The _Kiao-Lung_ ascends to the heavenly fountain. He pervades the six regions (North, South, East, West, Above, Below). He moistens all things. Shrimps and the leech cannot depart one foot from the water." The _Shwoh-Wan_ says: "The _Kiao_ belongs to the dragon species. When a fish attains three thousand six hundred [years ?] it becomes a _Kiao_; on attaining this much the dragon flies away." Again, it says: "[Dragons] without horns are _Kiao_." The _P'i-Ya_ says: "The _Kiao's_ bones are green, and they can bring their heads and tails together and constrict anything; hence they are called _Kiao_. A popular name for them is 'the horse's lasso.'" Another author says the _Kiao's_ tail has fleshy rings; they are able to compress any creature, and then tear it with the head. The _Shuh-I-Ki_ says the eye-brows of a _Kiao_ unite, and their uniting is a proof that it is a _Kiao_. The _Siang-Shu_ (Book of Physiognomy) says that when the eye-brows unite the epithet _Kiao_ is applied, because the _Kiao Shăn_ has crossed eye-brows. The _Yueh-kiu_ (Divisions of Seasons) says that the season of autumn is unfavourable to the _Kiao_. The _Kia-Yü_ (Family Discourses) says that if a stream contains fish, then no _Kiao_ will stay in it. Hwai-nan-tsze says that no two _Kiao_ will dwell in one pool. The _Shan-Hai-King_ says the _Kiao_ is like a dragon and snake, with a small head and fine neck. The neck has white ornamentations on it. The girth (?) is five cubits; the eggs of the capacity of three catties; and it can swallow a man. APPENDIX IX. APPENDIX TO THE CHAPTER ON THE SEA-SERPENT. THE SHAN.[331] "The _Shăn_ belongs to the snake species." "The _Tsah Ping Shu_ (Work on Military Science) says: 'In drilling an army,[332] when you arrange it like the _Shăn_ expelling its breath, its appearance is like that of a snake, but the waist is large; below there are scales, running backwards.'