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Chapter 1

           Hisgarmentwasofthesimplestformimaginable,beingaclosejacketwithsleeves,composedofthetannedskinofsomeanimal,onwhichthehairhadbeenoriginallyleft,butwhichhadbeenwornoffinsomanyplaces,thatitwouldhavebeendifficulttodistinguishfromthepatchesthatremained,towhatcreaturethefurhadbelonged.Thisprimevalvestmentreachedfromthethroattotheknees,andservedatoncealltheusualpurposesofbody-clothing;therewasnowideropeningatthecollar,thanwasnecessarytoadmitthepassageofthehead,fromwhichitmaybeinferred,thatitwasputonbyslippingitovertheheadandshoulders,inthemannerofamodernshirt,orancienthauberk.Sandals,boundwiththongsmadeofboars’hide,protectedthefeet,andarollofthinleatherwastwinedartificiallyroundthelegs,and,ascendingabovethecalf,leftthekneesbare,likethoseofaScottishHighlander.Tomakethejacketsityetmoreclosetothebody,itwasgatheredatthemiddlebyabroadleathernbelt,securedbyabrassbuckle;toonesideofwhichwasattachedasortofscrip,andtotheotheraram’shorn,accoutredwithamouthpiece,forthepurposeofblowing.Inthesamebeltwasstuckoneofthoselong,broad,sharp-pointed,andtwo-edgedknives,withabuck’s-hornhandle,whichwerefabricatedintheneighbourhood,andboreevenatthisearlyperiodthenameofaSheffieldwhittle.

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