“Decadent” or “Primitive”--A Dream of White Saviours from the West pp. 198-199 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