Excerpt from The Black Bearded Barbarian: The Life of George Leslie Mackay of Formosa This is a very little story of a very great man. It contains only a few of the wonder ful adventures he met, and the splendid deeds he did. Most of them may never be written. Perhaps they may be lived again in the lives of some Of the readers. Who knows? Even this brief account of Dr. Mackay's life could not have been written had it not been for the help of many kind friends. The Rev. R. P. Mackay, D. D., of Toronto, Can ada, who visited Formosa, and met many of the people mentioned in this story, gave me great assistance. Mr. Alexander Mackay, brother Of the hero of this book, was very kind in telling many interesting tales of boy hood days in Zorra. My most untiring and painstaking assistant has been the Rev. J. B. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.