Among the splendid Chinese jade carvings of the Woodward Collection is a curious symbolic ornament carved out of the rare _fei-ts’ui yü_, or “kingfisher-green jade,” a rich emerald green jadeite with translucent green shading. This ornament, executed in the beginning of the eighteenth century and believed to be a product of the Imperial Jade Works in Peking, figures the natural form of a so-called “hand-of-Buddha” citron, the finger-like protuberances of the fruit suggesting this strangely fanciful name. The Chinese regard this as a most felicitous emblem, denoting at once a long life and abundance of riches for its enjoyment. In the present carving the figure of a bat clinging to the foliage enveloping the fruit constitutes an added omen of good fortune, the Chinese character _fu_ signifying at once “bat” and “happiness,” another proof of what we are prone to call Chinese queerness, for with the superstitious of our race the bat is always looked upon as especially ill-omened.[105] It is a well-known fact that many analogies have been found between the customs, usages, and products of the more civilized aborigines of the New World and those of the ancient Egyptians. Another instance is offered by the custom of placing a piece of _chalchihuitl_ (jade?) or of some other green stone in the mouth of a noble, after his death, and calling this his heart. Among the lower classes a _texaxoctli_, a stone of small value, was used for the same purpose. We shall see that, in the Egyptian “Book of the Dead,” directions are given for putting a semi-precious stone on or in a mummy, as a symbol, and designating this the heart of the deceased person. For the use of a green stone for this purpose by the ancient Mexicans, Mrs. Zelia Nuttall finds a reason in the two meanings of the Nahuatl word _xoxouhqui-yollotl_, which is used to signify a “free man,” the literal meaning being a “fresh or green heart.” Hence, the stone was a symbol of the rank of the deceased as well as of his heart.[106] The fact that jade celts have been found cut into several pieces is taken to indicate the high value placed upon this material; for it has been conjectured by Dr. Earle Flint, that a living chief would cut a piece from the jade he wore as a sign of his rank, in order to provide a suitable ornament or amulet for a dead kinsman.