CLOTHING 459 
important consideration, and many sportsmen of great 
experience wear only low shoes with canvas leggings 
of the cavalry type. Some men wear tennis shoes with 
leggings, and rejoice greatly in the ease with which 
they can get about, walking down their more heavily 
shod companions. Of course, tennis shoes wear out, 
but on the other hand they are much less expensive 
than heavy boots or shoes. I have seen them used in 
big game hunting in the Rocky Mountains. 
The footwear should be selected with a considera- 
tion of the surface features of the ground on which it 
will be used. On comparatively smooth ground a light 
shoe can be worn with advantage, but on ground where 
rocks and ledges are numerous a heavier shoe is neces- 
sary to withstand the increased rough usage. 
The only advantage of the boot is that the leg serves 
as a legging; but it has the disadvantage, which the 
regular legging has not, that in warm weather, owing 
to the tightness, and absence of ventilation, it causes 
overheating and much discomfort. It also hampers the 
free movement of the ankle. 
The combination of shoe and legging is much lighter 
than the boot, is better ventilated, and does not hamper 
the leg action in the least. 
The moccasin-shoe is an excellent article of foot- 
wear, particularly in such hunting as enjoins the most 
silent activity. It is a kind of compromise between 
the moccasin and the shoe, being the former with a 
light but tough sole added thereto. The material, how- 
