text:  After having traced the Gaul for so long in the field we love to follow him into his cabin--to observe his appearance his pursuits his habits--to mark the manly figure the fair complexion the flowing yellow locks the glittering helmet surmounted with the antlers of the stag the buckler covered with all the colours of the rainbow the polished cuirass flashing back the rays of the morning sun the heavy sabre hanging from the gold-bespangled belt the precious necklace the rich armlets the bright and variegated hues of the martial sagum or mantle of the noble Gaulish warrior