1842, William B. Langdon,Ten Thousand Things Relating to China and the Chinese, London: William B. Langdon, page59:
His attendants then assembled all the old men and fathers of the village to examine by divination the sources of the lakes and streams, and then pursuing the high land adjoining, and found thewind andwater in the highest degree propitious.* [footnote: i.e., On the principles ofChinese geomancy the aspect was favorable.]
