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and a large shawl handkerchief may be worn over the 

 collar. A pair of worsted wristbands (sold by the 

 name of " muffatees") should be worn with cloth 

 gloves, and, over gloves and all, a large and long 

 pair of double swanskin cuffs, which are as warm as 

 any rnuff, and may be drawn, or shook, off in an in- 

 stant, when you want your right hand for the trigger. 



Which of the two colours for the jacket and cap 

 is to be used will depend on whether you have sun or 

 moon ; on which occasions you and your boat should 

 appear in a light drab, or you will occasionally shine 

 so much, as to be quite conspicuous. But at all 

 other times a b/uis/i -white is mdispufably the best 

 colour; except in star-light or snow. Then you 

 cannot possibly be too white ; insomuch, that a clean 

 linen frock and cap might take you forty yards nearer 

 to your birds than even flannel or swanskin. All 

 further covering, such as a cloak, white hat, &c., may 

 be at your own option, as you would, of course, 

 ' douse" it when you began to " work to birds ;" and, 

 indeed, the greater part of that before-mentioned 

 would be too warm, except for one who had nothing 

 to do but attend his gun. 



I shall now add one recipe for a surtout, by way of 

 a dread-nought, which, as wet weather has of late 

 years been " so much in fashion," will, I trust, be 

 doing service, not only to gunners, but to every class 

 of the community, except the tailors, who might lose 

 business by it, and their satellites the dandies, who 

 would faint at the sight of it. It is but fair that the 



