[89] Rats and mice are a greater curse on Botel Tobago than on the main island of Formosa, as on the former there are not—or certainly were not, up to a very short time ago—either dogs or cats. An opportunity for a twentieth-century Dick Whittington suggests itself, although the reward of the modern Dick Whittington would probably consist of flowers and sweet potatoes—possibly of boiled millet, wrapped in banana-leaves.
[92] See illustration of author in the dress of a woman of the Taiyal tribe.
[93] Cloth thus ornamented with crimson yarn is reserved for the making of coats and blankets for successful warriors and hunters.
[94] See illustration of Ami woman making pottery.
[95] See illustration.
[96] The ear-plugs worn by men of the Paiwan tribe are perhaps even larger than those worn by the men of other tribes. For this reason the Chinese-Formosans call the Paiwan Tao-he-lan (“Big Ears”).
[97] Needles obtained by barter from the Japanese are now sometimes substituted for thorns.