FORMOSA THE BEAUTIFUL 



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Once we 

 bush in 

 grass as 

 anese infantry 

 coming' along. 



they turned upon me 

 to kill me as well, so 

 I withdrew my peti- 

 tion. After that they 

 cut off the woods- 

 man's head, and we 

 returned home." 



"And didn't you 

 take part in any more 

 raids after that?" 



"Yes, one more, 

 lay in am- 

 some tall 

 some Jap- 

 were 

 They 

 were very brave, 

 those men, for though 

 we shot down the first 

 ones, the others kept 

 right on coming. Soon, 

 however, we were 

 forced to make our 

 escape, for they far 

 outnumbered us. We 

 respect the courage of 

 the Japanese soldiers, 

 but the Japanese po- 

 licemen — bah ! they 

 scuttle away like mice 

 at the first glimpse of 

 us." 



WOODEN BULLETS THAT 

 EXPLODE 



Then we asked Kim 

 Soan many questions, 

 and he gave us many 

 interesting answers. 

 He told us of the 

 blacksmiths of every tribe who kept the 

 guns in good condition. He contradicted 

 the rumor that arms and ammunition 

 are still smuggled into the savage terri- 

 tory. 



He related to us how the savages make 

 bullets from the heart of a very hard 

 wood cured by a special process. These 

 bullets are only effectual when fired from 

 a short range, and when they lodge in the 

 flesh they explode like dumdum bullets. 



He also explained to us the ingenious 

 way in which the men of his tribe make 

 caps. Two small disks are cut from the 

 striking side of a safety match-box, the 

 tip of a match is placed between, and then 



HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO MEET US IN THE DARK? 



An old savage chief and his wife. The former was told to dress up 

 as he would to go on a head-hunting raid. 



the disks are glued together. He told us 

 that they were always able to buy as 

 many matches as they wanted from Chi- 

 nese traders. 



For hunting birds and beasts, he stated, 

 bows and arrows were used, and all their 

 ammunition was saved to hunt men. 



THE BLOODY HAND A PASSPORT TO THE 

 SAVAGE HEAVEN 



"But why do your people hunt heads? 

 Is it true that a man must procure a head 

 before he can claim a bride?" 



"No, it isn't that; but, of course, the 

 women prefer the men that have brought 

 back the most heads. But it's this way: 



