InNapoleon'sGrandArmywasaBrigadier-GeneralMacard,amanofcolossalsizeandextraordinarybravery.Whenhewasabouttochargeattheheadofhistroops,hewouldinvariablycry,"Lookhere!I'mgoingtodresslikeabeast."Therewithhewouldtakeoffhiscoat,hisvest,hisshirt,andkeeponnothingexcepthisplumedhat,hisleatherbreechesandhisboots,offeringtoviewachestalmostasshaggyasabear's.Thenhewoulddashforwardrecklessly,sabreinhand,andswearinglikeapagan,ontheenemy'scavalry.Butheveryseldomgotatthem,foratthesightofthisgiant,hairyalloverandutteringthemostfearfulyells,hisopponentswouldboltonallsides,scarcelyknowingiftheyhadamantodealwithorsomestrangeanimal.
拿破崙大軍之中有一個馬卡爾准將，體格魁梧，勇猛非常，每次將率軍衝鋒陷陣，都會高叫：「看，我會穿得像野獸一樣。」說罷就脫下外衣、背心、襯衫，只穿羽毛軍帽、皮革馬褲、長靴，濃密胸毛幾乎和人熊相似，手執軍刀，奮不顧身直向敵人騎兵衝去，同時潑口大罵。不過，他難得和敵人接戰：敵人看見這個巨無霸一身是毛，叫聲恐怖，都紛紛辟易，不知道要對付的是人還是什麼奇怪野獸。
【附注】Shaggy指「毛粗而多」，而且往往蓬亂，例如：（1）Hisshaggyhairwasturninggrey（他濃密蓬亂的頭髮漸漸變白）。（2）Ioncehadashaggydog（我養過一隻渾身蓬鬆長毛的狗）。Pagan是「異教徒」；對西方人來說，基督教以外都是「異教」。