Your eyes are finally directed to the altar, near which, and on it, are flowers artificial and natural.

At the rear in a kind of a niche in the Joss or god.

The figure of this deity was like a noble Chinaman, well-dressed, with a moustache, and having in his eyes a far-away expression.

He wore a tufted crown, which made him look somewhat war-like.

It is but natural that this Joss should be a blind man.