必麒麟（W. A. Pickering），英格蘭傳奇冒險家，當時最著名的「台灣通」，用這部回憶錄將我們帶回野蠻、危險又生氣勃勃的十九世紀福爾摩沙。透過他的親身見聞，我們看到平素貪財獨斷的滿大人，某日卻因上級突然要造訪而倉皇失措，火速重振已廢弛數十年的軍備的荒唐場景。我們也聽到自視是天下惟一人種的漢人，對著「蠻子」大談殺嬰之必要性，並強調發明蒸氣機根本算不上智慧。當然，冒險性格濃烈的漢人農夫漁夫，在烈日之下對路過客大擺擋路劫財的陣勢，或對遇難船舶使出拆船越貨的絕活時，其模樣自然也被生動地保存下來。 書中還迴盪著被逼到生存邊緣的平埔族老婦的顫音：「白種人才是我們的親戚，他們不屬於邪惡、留長辮的漢人，我是何等的幸運，竟在兩眼昏花、面臨死亡之際，又看見『紅毛親戚』。」但剽悍純真的原住民，永遠是必麒麟最神往的朋友，他記下夜闖魯凱族萬斗籠社的每一刻，那月光下進行的奇異又羅曼蒂克的歌唱會，那被「野蠻人」稱讚為「白種親戚不愧是真正的男人，用男子漢的氣概唱歌，不像漢人學女人的聲音，尖聲歌唱」的一幕，如何能遺忘？至於「遊歷者號」事件中，恆春大頭目與美國領事談判之際，李善德將軍佯裝憤怒地掏出玻璃眼珠的趣味戲碼，也被他洋洋得意地提及。 透過一件又一件的歷險與奇遇，必麒麟不僅訴說了自身超乎想像的激盪生涯，也為後世讀者留下一個滿大人、海盜與獵頭番活躍共存的老台灣倩影。
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