Tartan Camouflage

[Sketraw]

I read sometme ago an article regarding the 16c historian Georg Bucanan and it took me a while to track down what it said;

In 1582 George Buchanan, the historian, wrote that the Highlanders' ancestors wore plaids of many different colours and that some still retained this custom. However, he said, the majority now prefer a dark brown, imitating nearly the leaves of the heather, so that when lying upon the heath in the day they may not be discovered by the appearance of their clothes .... "in these, wrapped, rather than covered, they brave the severest of storms in the open air and sometimes lay themselves down to sleep even in the midst of snow."