Some aborigines who as small children went hunting with the elders still remember divination scenes. In his book, Journey Through Formosa, a missionary named MacKay wrote, "The aboriginal people give the deepest respect to and sincerely trust in the calls and actions of the birds, and must consult them each time before striking out on some dangerous activity, especially hunting.
一些小時跟大人打過獵的原住民，如今仍然清楚記得鳥占的情形。傳教士馬偕博士在「台灣遊記」文中記載：「原住民以最深的尊敬，崇信小鳥的唧唧聲和動作，每回探險均事先考慮，尤其是狩獵。