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The Highland regiments wear the plaid in 

 full dress : the 42d use the Campbell, the 

 71st the Mackenzie (or M'Leod), the 72d 

 wear the Prince Charlie, the 74th have adopted 

 the Forbes, the 78th a smaller set of Macken- 

 zie, the 79th what is called the Cameron, or 

 M'Donald, with yellow stripe, the 92d have the 

 Gordon with the single stripe of yellow, and 

 the 93d the large Campbell, generally called 

 the Sutherland. 



These are all worn open at the ends, and about 

 3i=r yards in length, in fine woollen, or a coarser 

 kind for undress, the silk poplin being much out 

 of use since the woollen plaids are made in such 

 fine material. 



The maud, on the contrary, is generally shut 

 or sewed up at one end. When worn by the 

 shepherds and drovers, who often carry provi- 

 sions and other articles of use in it sometimes a 

 young lamb! it is called a 'pock,' or 'neuke;' and 

 the old adage, to live on your ain l pock neuke,' 

 may come from this. But, as it has been observed 

 before, for usefulness generally, and for covering 

 a bed, those with both ends open and fringed are 

 the best. When sewn up at one end no tie or 

 brooch is required, as the left elbow is generally 



