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Show HEAD HUNTERS OF FORMOSA. Race of Man Eaters Whose Cry Is for Blood. Tho mountainous Interior of Formosa For-mosa Is Inhabited by a raco of bloodthirsty blood-thirsty savages, whoso chief delight Is to sally forth on head hunting raids. Few strangers (tho exceptions bolng somo intrepid Japancso explorers) havo over penetrated far into the wild mountain country which la tho homo ot theso savages. They appear to bo akin to tho Dyaks of Borneo, but no definite study of their language or habits has yet beon mado, though Interesting details de-tails will bo found In Consul Davidson's David-son's voluminous book on Formosa. For hundreds of years tho tribes, eight In number, hnvo withstood their enemies, ene-mies, who havo nover been ablo to penetrate to their fastnesses. It remains re-mains to bo seen what success tho more systematic Japanese will ach!eo. It scorns almost Incredlblo that tho station of a military force Hhould not bo safe from tho raids of theso head huntors, but It was the caso a few years ago. At that time ono of tho tribes crept In tho night upon a post of tho Japnrose and mado off with a scoro of heads. Their moro usual method Is to stalk tho Chinese of either sex when thoy nro engaged In tea picking. Tho savage sav-age creop- i ; unobserved to his victim, vic-tim, transfix? him with his spear, secures se-cures his head and ho Is lost in n moment In tho neighboring Jungle. Macmlllan's Mngnzlno. |