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position, they will tend during use, to work back into their 

 old place, and will look untidy, even if they do not feel un- 

 comfortable. In attempting to obviate this fault in con- 

 'struction, breeches are often made uncomfortably tight at 



Fig. 231. Double oxer : mils about 3 ft. high ; and about joft. apart. 



the knees. In such cases, even when this constriction is 

 supplemented by the employment of tight garter straps, 

 the buttons generally work round, after the wearer has 

 ridden a few miles. If the breeches are cut properly, they 

 will have no tendency to become shifted. Formerly, the 

 top button of the knees of the breeches was supposed to 



