FORMOSA THE BEAUTIFUL 



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A JUNK ON THE TAMSUI RIVER 



The antique sails, patched and repatched, speed the oarsmen when sailing down-stream 



with the wind. 



and without, except his wives and chil- 

 dren, and this additional sanitary measure 

 would round out a very good beginning 

 toward that attribute which is attested as 

 next to godliness. 



MUSIC TO SAVE THE DYING FROM EVII, 

 SPIRITS 



However, in respect to noise, Daitotei 

 is characteristically Chinese. There is 

 never an hour of the day without some 

 puppet show and its accompaniment of 



drums and cymbals, or a marriage pro- 

 cession, or a funeral procession, or, at 

 best, a few bunches of fire-crackers to 

 celebrate the birthday of some indulged 

 urchin, the apple of his father's eye. 



If any of the sounds attendant on these 

 rites are lacking, there can always be 

 heard the piercing music of "sing-song" 

 girls, entertaining tea-house habitues, the 

 far-reaching cries of push-cart vendors, 

 the high-pitched, unintelligible chatter of 

 the passers-by, and, at the risk of intro- 



