. The first American Civil War, first period 1775-1778, with chapters on the continental or revolutionary army and on the forces of the crown . A g o •- ^1 z o Ji 0, r-. FORCES OF THE CROWN 321 bright blue jackets, their love of streamers and parti-coloured ribbons. The crew of a captains gig notunseldom were rigged up in hunting scarlet, with jockeycaps and white silk stockings ; a costume which, withvarieties, is still talked of by official Thames day of sea-boots and waterproofs was not yet, butthe trousers flying slack over the ankles had arrived, asthey now continue. So also
. The first American Civil War, first period 1775-1778, with chapters on the continental or revolutionary army and on the forces of the crown . A g o •- ^1 z o Ji 0, r-. FORCES OF THE CROWN 321 bright blue jackets, their love of streamers and parti-coloured ribbons. The crew of a captains gig notunseldom were rigged up in hunting scarlet, with jockeycaps and white silk stockings ; a costume which, withvarieties, is still talked of by official Thames day of sea-boots and waterproofs was not yet, butthe trousers flying slack over the ankles had arrived, asthey now continue. So also had the hard round hat, and for board shipthe flat tam o shanter, reduced to the size suitable forone whose eyes must as often be looking aloft as abouthim. On the whole a sailors kit was serviceable,adapted to his work, and his shore-going get-up smartand picturesque. Custom allowed him considerablelatitude of personal decoration. As every man in thedays of periwigs, pomatum, and powder, shaved, theBritish sailor followed the fashion ; and for a time thepig-tail fixed up with powder and tallow was in greatvogue. The poor fellows appear to have had a beliefin the
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