62 HUNTING TRIPS 



ice against the brambles, cacti, and rattle- 

 snakes. Such a costume is good in warm 

 weather. When making a long hunting trip, 

 where there will be much rough work, espe- 

 cially in the dry cold of fall and winter, 

 there is nothing better than a fringed buck- 

 skin tunic or hunting-shirt, (held in at the 

 waist by the cartridge belt,) buckskin 

 trousers, and a fur cap, with heavy moc- 

 casins for use in the woods, and light alli- 

 gator-hide shoes if it is intended to cross 

 rocks and open ground. Buckskin is most 

 durable, keeps out wind and cold, and is the 

 best possible color for the hunter no small 

 point in approaching game. For wet it is 

 not as good as flannel, and it is hot in warm 

 weather. On very cold days, fur gloves and 

 either a coon-skin overcoat or a short rid- 

 ing jacket of fisher's fur may be worn. In 

 cold weather, if travelling light with only 

 what can be packed behind the horse, I sleep 

 in a big buffalo-robe, sewed up at the sides 

 and one end into the form of a bag, and 

 very warm. When, as is sometimes the 



