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"A History of the Highland Regiment, published in 143, describes the arms and clothing of the Highlanders as follows: "To begin with their shoes, the Highlander wears a sort of thin pump or brogue, so light that it does not in the least impede his activity in running. In the next place, he wears broad garters under the knee and no breeches, but his plaid belted about his waist, which hangs exactly like the folds of the Roman garment, which we see in the equestrian statues; besides this, he wears a jacket with straight sleeves; as for his arms, they consist in the fuzil, a broad sword, a dirk or dagger, a Highland pistol all of steel, hung, on the other side of his belt, opposite the dirk, and a target."" History of the Uniform of the British Army p 56
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