60 MEMOIR OF BRUCEi 
with long hair, white as snow. A hlack velvet 
cloak with a silver fringe hung over his shoulders 
down his back ; and a hag at his right stirrup held 
a silver wand, about five and a half feet long. 
Behind him marched all the soldiers who had slain 
an enemy and taken the spoils ; with these horrid 
trophies their lances and firelocks were ornamented, 
as also with small shreds of scarlet cloth, one 
piece for every man he had ldlled. 
The most remarkable among these savage warriors 
was the door-keeper of the Ras, who had been so 
successful in his inliuman trade, that his whole 
lance and javelin, horse and person, were covered 
with patches of red cloth. The head-dress of the 
governors of provinces was curious, consisting of a 
broad fillet round the head, tied behind, and in the 
middle of the forehead projected a horn, or conical 
piece of silver, about four inches long, resembling 
in shape a common candle extinguisher. These 
badges of honour were only worn at reviews or 
parades after victory. The king himself had a fillet 
of white muslin, fastened in the same manner, and 
hanging about two feet down his back. Around 
him were his officers of state, the young nobility who 
had no command, and after these the household 
troops; lastly came the executioner of the camp 
with his attendants, one of whom, as a warning to 
evil doers, carried upon a pole the stuffed skin of a 
human being, which he hung up on a branch of the 
tree appropriated to public executions. 
Bruce had continued to visit his patients regularly 
