300 DHKSS.ES FOK 



man who gave me the recipe should be immortalized 

 by its introduction, and not I, who am the mere 

 copyist. I got it at Winterton, in Norfolk, from the 

 factotum of all the wet work, one Larry Rogers, who 

 calls it his " Sou'wester" and gets it all for nine 

 shillings. In this dress, with water boots and overalls, 

 every thing (but a man's eyes, which he may defend 

 with goggles, arid his mouth and nose, which he may 

 fortify at Messrs. Fribourgs') is as independent of 

 rain as a Corinthian " Charley" in his watch-box. 

 Add to this, it is so light and convenient for the 

 arms, that you may walk, ride, row, or take any 

 exercise without being heated, as with other surtouts. 

 Oil-skin might do likewise ; but this very soon wears 

 out, and comes to six times the price. [In case the 

 logician should condemn the arrangement of this 

 latter sentence, I must humbly beg leave to argue 

 that he would be wrong ; because it is the fashion to 

 wear out the coat first, and pay for it afterwards.^ 



Now to the point : 



Make, with an article called Russia duck (which, 

 as well as swanskin, should be previously wetted arid 

 dried, to prevent shrinking), a loose over-all frock 

 coat, and a hood ; or a cap, with a flap behind, similar 

 to a coalheaver's hat, and dress them as follows : 



Take three quarts of linseed oil, and boil them till 

 reduced to two quarts and a half, the doing which 

 will require about three hours ; and when the oil is 

 sufficiently boiled, it will burn a feather. (The ad- 

 dition of some Indian rubber was suggested to me ; 



