A painting of a Formosan native by the German East Asia traveller Caspar Schmalkalden.<br><p>Approximate English translation:<br></p>
<i>We are racing and sometimes running for days<br>according to the rhythm of our flappers, which we carry in our hands<br>We are making our livelihood from hunting, and everyone who is able hunts,<br>If we miss our target we are setting our dogs on.</i>
Caspar Schmalkalden
circa 1650 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902</div>
Die wundersame Reisen des Caspar Schmalkalden nach West- und Ostindiën<br>(<i>The wondrous journeys of Caspar Schmalkalden to West and East India</i>)