CHAPTER XIV

CIVILIZATION AND ITS BENEFITS

To “wonder furiously”--Better Government, or Worse?--Comparison of Standards--A Conversation with Aborigine Friends--The Question of Money--Tabus pp. 200-215

INDEX pp. 217-220

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

MAN AND WOMAN OF YAMI TRIBE IN REGALIA WORN AT THE SPRING FESTIVAL IN HONOUR OF THE SEA-GOD _Frontispiece_

FACING PACE

ANTHROPOLOGICAL MAP OF FORMOSA 27

GATEWAY OF THE OLD CHINESE WALL FORMERLY SURROUNDING THE CITY OF TAIHOKU 36

“CARIBOU,” OR WATER-BUFFALO, USED BY THE CHINESE-FORMOSANS 52

MEN AND YOUNG WOMEN OF THE TAIYAL TRIBE ON A STATE VISIT TO THE CITY OF TAIHOKU 52

AUTHOR IN RICKSHA IN THE CITY OF TAIHOKU 66

USUAL FORM OF _TORO_ (PUSH-CAR) 66

TWO MEN OF THE TAIYAL TRIBE BRIBED BY GIFTS TO HAVE THEIR PICTURE TAKEN 70

AUTHOR IN _TORO_ GOING UP INTO TAIYAL TERRITORY 70

“FACTORY” FOR EXTRACTING CAMPHOR IN THE MOUNTAINS OF FORMOSA 90

MEN OF THE BUNUN TRIBE 98

YAMI TRIBESPEOPLE OF BOTEL TOBAGO IN FRONT OF “BACHELOR-HOUSE” 98

TAIYAL WOMAN, AND A WOMAN LIVING AMONG THE TAIYAL BELIEVED TO BE PART PIGMY 102

WOMAN OF YAMI TRIBE OF BOTEL TOBAGO 102

MAN OF TAIYAL TRIBE AND WOMAN LIVING AMONG THE TAIYAL SUSPECTED OF HAVING A STRAIN OF PIGMY BLOOD 108

AUTHOR’S SECRETARY MAKING NOTES OF TAIYAL DIALECT 108

TAIYAL TRIBESPEOPLE 114

SKULL-SHELF IN A TAIYAL VILLAGE 114

TWO PAIWAN MEN AND A YOUNG WOMAN IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE OF A PAIWAN CHIEF 120

FAMILY OF THE AMI TRIBE 134

GLORIFIED ANCESTOR OF THE PAIWAN TRIBE CARVED ON A SLATE MONUMENT 134

AUTHOR WITH TWO TAIYAL GIRLS IN FRONT OF TAIYAL HOUSE 172

TAIYAL WARRIOR IN CEREMONIAL BLANKET 172

PAIWAN VILLAGE OF SLATE 176

AUTHOR IN THE DRESS OF A WOMAN OF THE TAIYAL TRIBE 180

A TAIYAL WOMAN AT HER LOOM 184

WOMAN OF AMI TRIBE MAKING POTTERY 184