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THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 



Photograph by T. MacGregor 



A GROUP OF KAMPANZAN SAVAGES 



The savages in the northern half of the island are distinguished from the southern 

 natives by their tattooing. The southern savages are not given to this practice. Of the 

 northern tribes the one scattered over the largest area is the Atayal group, to which the 

 Kampanzan savages belong. They live in mountain recesses, are among the least civilized 

 of all the inhabitants of Formosa, and are especially partial to head-hunting. 



"No, I couldn't refuse. I always tried 

 to find some excuse, but finally our chief 

 said, 'Tomorrow you go.' Then we shook 

 a tree full of birds to read the omens 

 from their flight, and the old woman of 

 our tribe said, 'It is well ; you will be suc- 

 cessful.' 



THE DOUBLE ASSASSINATION 



"That night I went to bed with a heavy 

 heart, and when I slept I dreamed that 



we would meet a woodsman with an axe 

 and a guardsman with a rifle. 



"On the next day it turned out even as 

 I dreamed. My companions shot the 

 guardsman through the heart from an 

 ambush ten feet distant, and the woods- 

 man threw up his hands and begged for 

 mercy. 



"I pleaded with my companions to spare 

 his life, and they said, 'Fie! shame upon 

 you ! You have a Chinese heart.' Then 



