shoulder,  like  the  Highland  officer's  sash  of  our
own  day,  and  from  which  in  little  pouches,
each  by  itself,  depended  the  soldier's  stock  of
cartridges.  But  his  priming-powder,  which
was  of  a  finer  grain,  he  carried  in  a  tin  case  or
horn  apart ;  and  not  unfrequently  carried,  over
and  above,  a  bag  of  loose  bullets  by  his  side.
