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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Michael Strogoff by Jules Verne: was a detachment from Omsk, composed of Usbeck horse-
men, a race of the Mongolian type. These men, well built,
above the medium height, rough, and wild-featured, wore
on their heads the "talpak," or black sheep-skin cap, and
on their feet yellow high-heeled boots with turned-up toes,
like the shoes of the Middle Ages. Their tunics were close-
fitting, and confined at the waist by a leathern belt braided
with red. They were armed defensively with a shield, and
offensively with a curved sword, and a flintlock musket
slung at the saddle-bow. From their shoulders hung gay-
colored cloaks.
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