76 HILL TRIBES OF NORTH FORMOSA. 
Chinese borderers. 
The patterns vary very much, resembling somewhat the 
carvings to be seen on their pipe stems and not unlike the tattoo 
lines and bars on the faces of the women. ‘They shew great 
diversity as well as regularity of design, and if not imitations 
derived from ee sources, they indicate not only originality 
but great taste. addition to the IdAds the men- wear 
Snead their Saisie: a ae of woven hemp four or five inches 
broad, embroidered in the same way as the lower part of the 
likis. This girdle or belt is called habbock, and is worn 
next to the skin as a rule, but sometimes outside the coat. 
The lukis and habbock are almost the.only articles of clothing 
worn by the men in the lower ranges of hills, but on the 
higher levels many wear coats with sleeves, and sometimes 
clothes made of the skins of animals. 
Inthe summer months, one often meets men and boys roam- 
ing about with absolutely no clothes on at all. Some consider 
“ full dress ” to consist of a rattan wicker-work closely fitting 
cap (modu), others strut about all day long with only the 
belt or habbock round their waists, with the /a/ao stuck in it. 
The blade of the /a/do is about a foot and a half long and 
is always kept sharp. It is set in a haft of wood, which is 
usually adorned in the same way as their pipes, with carvings 
and pieces of metal. The blade is protected by a sheath of 
wood on one side and an open wire work guard on the other. 
At the end of this scabbard is often fixed part of the tail of a 
Chinaman, or other enemy, who has fallen a victim in some 
border war or on some head-hunting expedition. The Jaldo 
is a most necessary articie to possess, for with it they cut their 
way through the jungle and thick undergrowth, with it they 
give the death-blow to the game they hunt ; they use it in di- 
viding the animals they kill, they eat with it as sailors do 
with their knives, they cut and split firewood with it, and last 
of all they cut off the heads of their enemies with this most 
useful implement. The blades are made by Chinese and are 
obtained by the savages in barter for deer’s horns, &c.; 
often they are taken from the bodies of Chinese killed by them 
