On ascending a hill that leads from Loch Awe towards Inverary, I 
      fell into conversation with a woman of the humbler class who wore 
      one of those Highland Broaches. I talked with her about it; and 
      upon parting with her, when I said with a kindness I truly felt--
      "May that Broach continue in your family through many generations 
      to come, as you have already possessed it"--she thanked me most 
      becomingly, and seemed not a little moved.
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        The exact resemblance which the old Broach (still in use, though 
      rarely met with, among the Highlanders) bears to the Roman Fibula 
      must strike every one, and concurs, with the plaid and kilt, to 
      recall to mind the communication which the ancient Romans had with 
      this remote country.