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THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 



A PINE-CRESTED RIDGE 



This photograph might have been taken in New England except for the "ripe" savages carry- 

 ing guns. The border savages are often employed to assist the police guard. 



pipes into submerged vats, which are so 

 arranged that cool water from a moun- 

 tain stream can run over them to acceler- 

 ate crystallization. After the camphor 

 has crystallized the vats are opened, and 

 the product is placed on wooden troughs 

 to allow whatever free oil there may be 

 to drain off. This oil will yield 90 per 

 cent of crude camphor in the process of 

 refining. 



THE PEOPLE OF FORMOSA 



Ever since we have any authentic rec- 

 ord, Formosa has been peopled with wild 

 tribes of probably Malayan and Polyne- 

 sian origin. They are nearest in point of 

 resemblance to the Dayaks of Borneo, 

 and although their origin has never been 

 proved beyond a doubt, they are suffi- 



ciently like certain of the South Sea 

 tribes to justify us in ascribing to them a 

 common ancestry. 



They are found on the island today in 

 all stages of development. The "raw" 

 savages, as the Chinese term them, live 

 much as their ancestors did centuries ago, 

 while the "ripe" savages, living on the 

 borderland between their wild kin and 

 Chinese settlers, have more or less as- 

 similated Chinese ways of life. 



The savage population of Formosa is 

 estimated at about 150.000. There are 

 eight main groups of savage tribes on the 

 island, each group with fairly well-de- 

 fined differences of dress, speech, and 

 customs, and in many cases the tribes 

 that make up a group display minor dif- 

 ferences among themselves. 



