302! DRESSES FOR 



comfort and shelter to those who go in a punt. More- 

 over, it makes a capital mizen-sail when going before 

 the wind ; and is a complete shield to you and your 

 man, from the shaking of a wet dog, should you have 

 no following-boat to rid you of this annoyance. 



Here, I conceive, is all the covering that can be 

 required for real wildfowl shooting ; and as for the 

 little pastime of tramping the water-meadows, or 

 waiting for the flight, I need only observe, that wear- 

 ing a hat, and particularly a Mack one, should be 

 avoided, and drab is, on the whole, about the best 

 colour. For the latter pursuit, the shooter should 

 have a gunning-coat, lined with shag, that has pockets 

 convenient for loading ; a flap to fall over his lock, 

 and a quaker's collar, which will not interfere with 

 his gun. [The pattern for this coat, and the recipe 

 for the Sou'wester, I have given to Messrs. Christie 

 and Davis, 49, Poland Street.] This coat, with a 

 shawl handkerchief, should be worn over his shooting 

 jacket ; and, of course, not put on till he ceases to be 

 in motion ; or he might, otherwise, get heated, and 

 take cold. 



If he wishes to sit down, never let him be so im- 

 prudent as to sit on the damp ground, but have either 

 a hand-basket or a bag full of straw, or something of 

 this kind ; and the lower his seat, the better he will 

 be able to shoot at fowl when they <#re going over his 

 head. 



The foregoing directions, I trust, explain all that 

 is requisite on the subject ; and, in this article, as 



