Read the following excerpt from Robinson Crusoe: Had any one in England been to meet such a man as I was,
it must either have frighted him or raised a great deal of
laughter; and as I frequently stood still to look at myself, I
could not but smile at the notion of my travelling through
Yorkshire, with such an equipage and in such a dress. I had
a great high shapeless cap, made of a goat's skin, with a
flap hanging down behind, as well to keep the sun from me
as to shoot the rain off from running down my neck.
Which of the following statements is the best inference from this excerpt?