ODDS AND ENDS 



IT will not, I hope, be considered amiss if I 

 give my opinion, after an experience of over 

 thirty years, as to the most suitable habili- 

 ments to wear for shooting, fishing, and 

 active sport generally. As a rule, sporting 

 men are abominably careless, and disdain to 

 take ordinary precautions for the preservation 

 of their health. This sort of indifference 

 may be continued with impunity for years, 

 but depend upon it, after the heyday of youth 

 has passed, there is a sure " Nemesis " in the 

 shape of rheumatism, stiff joints, and possibly 

 worse evils. Men get intolerably warm from 

 violent exercise or heavy walking, and then 

 stand about in some bitterly exposed place, 



and as likely as not with wet feet, trying to 

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