The people of Formosa believe that there is a kind of hell, but it is to punish those who at certain seasons have not gone naked, who have dressed in calico and not in silk, who have presumed to look for oysters, or who have undertaken any business without consulting the song of birds;
Formosatarrek infernu moduko batean sinesten dute, baina aro jakin batzuetan biluzik joan ez direnak, sedazko jantzien ordez ehunezko jantziak jantzi dituztenak, ostratara joan direnak, txorien kanta kontsultatu gabe jardun dutenak zigortzeko da infernu hori;