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The Chinese were accustomed to pay divine honors to the compass by burning little odoriferous balls, and offering meats and sacrifices to it. They threw gilded paper punctually twice a day into the sea to attract its favor and wil it to be propitious. See Gardner, Faiths of the World, s.v.

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Compass, Worship of the'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​c/compass-worship-of-the.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
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