FOOTGEAR. 391 



top of the mountain is reached there is, perhaps 

 a bitter wind blowing, and I then don my 

 light, but warm jacket. I never wear a 

 coat except in camp, nor a waterproof, 

 preferring to get wet and dry my things over 

 the fire. 



For footgear in moose hunting before the 

 snow falls, one requires something as noiseless 

 as possible. Moccasins, which can be bought 

 in the country, are very good, but it is not 

 everyone who can walk long distances in them 

 without getting his feet bruised, and personally 

 I would recommend boots with thick red 

 india-rubber soles. These are certainly liable 

 to slip on a wet tree-root, but not more so, I 

 think, than a saturated moccasin, and they are 

 equally noiseless, and more comfortable for 

 most Englishmen to wear. 



Once the coimtry in which one is hunting 

 is covered with snow, one cannot do better 

 than adopt the ordinary winter footwear of 

 the western frontiersmen. This consists of 

 what are known as German socks — which are 

 thick felt stockings drawn over one's ordinary 



