Abstract
BOOKS on Formosa are relatively few, and this one treats of the lit tie-known mountainous part of that island, much of which is still only nominally under Japanese control. The hill tribes were left alone by the Chinese, but are gradually being subdued by the Japanese. There is a brief sketch of the habits of these ‘head hunters', and a great deal about the rugged peaks of the island, including Niitaka, which rises to well over twelve thousand feet. After the ascent of these and other lofty peaks, Mr. Walton returned to Japan and climbed in the Japanese Alps. There is an interesting chapter about the island of Yakushima and its forests and people. It is, however, in respect of the attention it gives to Formosa that this book has its chief value. There are useful maps and many photographs.
Scrambles in Japan and Formosa.
By the Rev. W. H. Murray Walton. Pp. 304 + 26 plates. (London: Edward Arnold and Co., 1934.) 18s. net.
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[Short Notices]. Nature 135, 387 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/135387b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/135387b0