I wear a cap made of goatskin on my head. This hat is tall and big, which is very ugly. It also has a long brim hanging from the back, which is used to block the sun. , secondly to keep out the rain and prevent it from flowing into the neck. In the tropics, getting wet in the rain is the worst thing you can do.
I was wearing a short coat made of goatskin, with the hem covering half of my thighs. He was wearing a pair of knee-length shorts, also made of the skin of an old ram. The wool on both sides hung down to his calves, making it look like a pair of trousers. I didn't have shoes or socks, but I made something like a pair of short boots. I didn't know what to call them. The boots were just long enough to reach my calves, and they were tied up with ropes on both sides, just like leggings.
These boots, like the rest of my outfit, are extremely ugly.
A wide belt was tied around my waist. It was made of sun-dried lambskin. The belt had no buckles and was tied with only two goatskin strips. There are two loops on both sides of the strap, which were originally used by sailors to hang daggers or short swords, but I hung a small saw and an ax, one on each side. Another narrower belt, hanging diagonally across my shoulders, was also tied with a leather strap. At the end of this belt, under my left arm, hung two goatskin pouches, one for gunpowder and one for bullets. I had a basket on my back, a gun on my shoulder, and a big sheepskin parasol on my head, which looked ugly and clumsy. Nevertheless, besides the gun, this umbrella is also an indispensable thing for me. As for my face, it is not as dark as the Mulatto people. It looks like a slovenly person who lives in the tropics within nine or ten degrees of the equator. My beard once grew to a quarter of a yard long, but I had scissors and a razor, so I cut it short, but the upper lip was left on, and trimmed into a Moslem mustache, like mine The Turks I saw in Salé have beards like that, because the Moors don’t have this kind of beard, only the Turks. I dare not say that my beard is long enough to hang my hat on, but it is indeed long and big. If anyone saw it in England, they would be shocked.