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cooltes working a foot-pump and a buffalo plowing in the 

 background: Formosa 



Very picturesque are these foot-pumps, worked by three and sometimes four coolies, which 

 raise water from one field to another. 



A WATER BUFFALO WITH HIS SMALL CHINESE DRIVER 



No rural Formosan landscape is complete without at least one of these hulking creatures, 

 with its threatening horns and great staring eyes. Most of the plowing on the island is 

 done with these animals. They are strong and can endure much hard work, provided they 

 have plenty of water, which must be poured over their backs as well as given them to drink. 

 They may be seen on the outskirts of any large town, standing in tanks six or seven feet 

 square while their drivers administer "shower baths." 



