Every man carries a rifle--and knows how to use it, too.

I do believe they would rather go without their clothes than their guns if they had to choose between them.

They also carry a handjar, which used to be their national weapon.

It is a sort of heavy, straight cutlass, and they are so expert with it as well as so strong that it is as facile in the hands of a Blue Mountaineer as is a foil in the hands of a Persian _maitre d'armes_.

They are so proud and reserved that they make one feel quite small, and an "outsider" as well.