$&tater Hoots 



ARE absolutely necessary for those who shoot in wet 

 places, or wait, in cold nights, for wildfowl ; and, if 

 good, will effectually repel the water for a long time. 



Water boots, that I have always found to answer, 

 are made (for thirty shillings a pair), by a Mr. Cox, 

 in Poole, whose principal business is their exportation 

 to Newfoundland. Mr. Short, of East Yarmouth, is 

 also a particularly good maker of these boots, and 

 is so clever in other parts of his business, that he is 

 in the habit of sending boots and shoes to gentlemen 

 above a hundred miles on the other side of London. 

 Some of the fen sportsmen call him the " Emperor 

 of the bootmakers." 



All boots, for going in the wet, answer much better 

 if kept at least half a year before they are worn ; and 

 they should afterwards never be suffered to get too 

 hard. Water boots should be invariably worn over 

 an extra pair of coarse yarn stockings, without 

 which you do not give them a fair trial. 



So far from being hard to the feet, they are the 

 softest possible wear, and may be made very light. 

 They should always be made to draw, when required, 



