FORMOSA THE BEAUTIFUL 



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THIS IS NOT CHINATOWN IN VENICE; ONLY A STREET SCENE IN THE CHINESE 

 QUARTER OF TAIHOKU AFTER A TYPHOON 



VIEW OF THE DAITOTEI BUND SHOWING THE TYPHOON WALL: TAKEN FROM THE 

 EXTREME SOUTHERN END OF TAIHOKU 



Formosa is frequently swept by violent storms, the sea immediately to the south of the 

 island being known as the "birthplace" of typhoons. In an easterly storm which visited 

 Taihoku 22 years ago the wind attained a velocity of 97 miles an hour. 



