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Ponghou—Makung— Cheap Provisions— Cuttle Fish — Absence of 

 Trees and Birds— The Rocks- Visit the Mandarin— Photography- 

 Wreckers 35 



CHAPTEE IV. 



.FORMOSA {continued)— TAU-SVY. 



Towing 'Set in Formosa Channel — Pterosoma — Firola— Sagitta — Atlanta 

 — Glaucus — Alima — Phyllosoma, or glass-crab — Cerapus — Hyalsea 

 • — -Vest Coast of Formosa — Fort Zeelandia — Notonectse — Arrive at 

 Tam-suy — The Harbour— Boulder Clay — Chinese Graves— Rice- 

 paper Plant — Bamboo — The Town — People — Rice Embargo — Visit 

 to Mbang-ka — Camphor Monopoly — Visit the Chief Mandarin — 

 Return Visit — Queen's Birthday 5i 



CHAPTEE V. 



FORMOSA (continued)— ¥ROM TAM-SUY TO KE-LUNG. 



The Sulphur Springs near Tam-suy — approach to them — their present 

 condition — effects on Animal Life — Preparations for River Voyage 

 — Village of Pah-chie-nah — Arrive at Sik-kow — Bivouac at Chuy- 

 teng-cha — Birds on the Route — Rapids — Population — Domestic * 



Animals — Arrive at Liang-kha — Descent to Ke-lung — Character of 

 the People 70 



CHAPTEE VI. 



FORMOSA (continued)— KE-hVNG. 



Prevalence of Sandstone — Formation of the Harbour — Caverns — Village 

 Population — Modes of Fishing — Sandstone Peaks and Images — 

 Rising of the Coast — The Coal Mines — Mode of Working — Value of 

 the Coal — Geological position of the Beds — Burning Properties — 

 Petroleum — Marine Animals of the Shore — Peronia — Aplysia — 

 Nudibranchs — Creseis— Singular shoal of Stephanomias ... 85 



CHAPTEE VII. 



FORMOSA (cojttinued)—SAV-0 BAY. 



East Coast — Steep Island — Reefs at Sau-o — Chinese Village of Sau-o — 

 Village of Tame Aborigines— Their Huts— Physical Characters — 

 Dross— Native Cloth — Search after the Wild Aborigines — Charac- 



