Chapter 1: Formosa Under the Rule of Japan
Descriptions of Formosa may be found else-where, and a very short account is quite enough for our present aim. The island, which is reckoned 264 miles long and So miles broad at the broadest, lies partly north and partly south of the Tropic of Cancer, and for six or seven months the climate is similar to that of Singapore, while the remaining portion of the year is somewhat cooler. February, the coldest month, has a mean temperature equal to that of July in Scotland. Formosa is part of the chain of islands that girds the east coast of Asia, forming a link between Japan and the Philippine Islands; and it emphasizes its connection with Japan by the frequent earthquakes with which it is disturbed. [Continue reading]
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