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UNHAPPY ANNAMESE COMMITTING SACRILEGE AGAINST THEIR TIGER GOD
| Though suffering terribly from tiger attacks, villagers are loath to aid Europeans in killing the lord of the jungle. When forced to carry the slain beast, they go to their tiger altar and pray to the spirit of the tiger that it will forgive them the crime, and not take vengeance upon them and their kin |
PROFESSIONAL "TIGHT-ROPE" WALKERS OF THE FORMOSAN HIGHLANDS
| Astonishing proofs of savage ingenuity are the Formosan aborigines. Dwelling for the most part in elevated houses they are accustomed to "walk the air," and their suspension bridges are singularly clever. Supported solely by rattan cables, these amazing structures span the great spaces between lofty mountains, and the agile hillmen traverse them without a trace of fear |