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the inside, so as to prevent it from slipping off. The 

 generality, I think, of good horsewomen, look upon the 

 low chimneypot as the best " all round " hat, and wear 

 nothing else. Much as I dislike the look of very shiny 

 silk hats, still if one is a bit worn and has been wet a few 

 times, it is a good plan, in order to make it look fresh 

 and render it almost impervious to rain, to smooth it over 

 with a silk handkerchief into which a very little sweet 

 oil has been rubbed with the finger. No trimming is 

 allowable, whatever form be adopted, though a black net 

 veil is always admissible. " Never wear a veil on horse- 

 back, except it be a black one, and nothing with a border 

 looks well. A plain band of spotted net, just reaching 

 below the nostrils, and gathered away into a neat knot 

 behind, is the most distingue. Do not wear anything 

 sufficiently long to cover the mouth, or it will cause you 

 inconvenience on wet and frosty days. For dusty roads, 

 a black gauze veil will be found useful, but avoid, as you 

 would poison, every temptation to wear even the faintest 

 scrap of colour on horseback. All such atrocities as blue 

 and green veils have happily long since vanished, but, 

 even still, a red bow, a gaudy flower stuck in the button- 

 hole, and, oh, horror of horrors ! a pocket-handkerchief 

 appearing at an opening in the bosom, looking like a 



