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For fall and winter-hunting they should be made large 

 enough to permit the wearing of two pairs of socks, and if 

 the rocks hurt your feet put a pair of sole leather insoles in 

 the moccasins. The accompanying diagram will enable any 

 glove-maker or shoemaker to make a pair. 



If you wear leather shoes you will need, in addition, a 

 pair of leggings. I have never seen a pair of these that I 

 liked, and so devised an improvement on existing styles. I 

 bought a pair of ordinary brown canvas leggings, that were 

 made to buckle on the inside. I cut off the straps and buck- 

 les, and sewed on, at one side of the opening, a flap half an 

 inch wide, in such a position that when the legging was 

 wrapped tightly around my leg, one edge overlapping the 

 other about two inches, this flap would nearly meet the outer 

 edge.- Then put eyelets in this flap and in the opposite edge 

 of the legging. I now take two extra-long shoe-laces, splice 

 them, and, beginning at the bottom, lace the leggings up as I 

 would a shoe, and have a leg-gear that fits, sets easy, and 

 has no hooks or buckles to catch in brush or weeds, and 

 which, consequently, saves much of the annoyance that is 

 inflicted on the wearer of any of the other styles in the 

 market. 



Buckskin makes about the best glove for all-round work, 

 except for wet weather, and then a pair of rubber gloves will 

 add greatly to your comfort. For hunting, in extremely 

 cold weather, a heavy, loose yarn-mitten, that you can pull 

 on over your buckskin glove, is invaluable. 



Snow-shoes are indispensable for winter-hunting, either in 

 the North-woods or in the mountains. Those made by weav- 

 ing raw-hide thongs on a wooden bow are best. They can 

 usually be bought of the large dealers in the cities or in the 

 settlement or town nearest to the hunting country. 



THE WAR-BAG. 



And now that you have made up your list of wearing 



