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THE ‘‘red-man'' in FORMOSA. 
the distant decks of the much-abused ‘old John.’ He 
soon joined this princely-looking savage, and as the others 
drew near he made a careful but hurried survey of their 
personal appearance, exchanged a Mexican dollar for the 
bow and arrow of one of them, evidently against the will 
of the surprised owner, and then leisurely retraced his 
way until an intervening duinp of trees enabled him with 
safety to call upon his legs to do their duty. It is need- 
less to remark that the vocal music and the air of ‘ non- 
she-laii-cy’ expired in each other’s arms at this point. He 
ran for a mile or more before evincing the slightest curi- 
osity to know if he was followed.” 
Ho described them as being of large stature, fine 
forms, copper-coloured, high cheek-bones, heavy jaws, 
coarse black hair reaching to the shoulders, and boasting 
no clothing save the maro, and a light cotton cloth over 
the shoulders, — very much like our North American In- 
dians, he thought. No wonder that such a miserable race 
as the Chinese should hold them in dread : in fact, the 
only wonder is that they have the courage to remain on 
the same island. I suppose that our innocent sportsman 
is the first member of civilization who has had a close 
view of these reputed cannibals since Benyowsky, the 
Polish count, cruised along their shelterless shores in 
1790, since which time they have been more out of the 
world even than the Japanese. These singularly-cap- 
tured bow and arrows are now in the collection of the 
Expedition. 
The setting sun looked upon us as we returned on 
board, and before he had again shone on those sloping 
greens we were well on our way around the south point 
