. As he came nearer, he was still more astonished at the fellow’s odd appearance. He was a short, squarely-built man with thick brown hair and grizzled beard. His clothes were of an old-fashioned Dutch variety: a cloth jerkin belted round the waist and two or three pairs of breeches, the top one decorated with rows of buttons down the sides, and bunched at the knees. On his shoulder he was carrying a stout keg of what seemed to be liquor. He was gesturing to Rip to help him with the load.