He was a man about five foot nine in height, fifty or so years of age, his hair slightly grizzled, a grayish moustache, a curved nose, and a face which all of them described as fierce and forbidding." "Well, bar the expression, that might almost be a description of Douglas himself," said Holmes.

"He is just over fifty, with grizzled hair and moustache, and about the same height.

Did you get anything else ?" "He was dressed in a heavy gray suit with a reefer jacket, and he wore a short yellow overcoat and a soft cap." "What about the shotgun ?" "It is less than two feet long.

It could very well have fitted into his valise.

He could have carried it inside his overcoat without difficulty." "And how do you consider that all this bears upon the general case ?" "Well, Mr.Holmes," said MacDonald, "when we have got our man--and you may be sure that I had his description on the wires within five minutes of hearing it--we shall be better able to judge.