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APPENDIX. 



PRESERVING WATER-PROOFS. Do not hang them on a nail 

 or peg; either hang them over a chair-back, or spread them 

 out on the tent floor. Do not dry either boots or coats near 

 a fireplace or a stove. At our principal club-houses there is 

 a drying-room ; but on fishing excursions it were" better not 

 to dry boots and coats than to injure them. 



FEET DRESS FOR FIELD-SPORTS. 



Figures 1, 2, 3, represent the sole, front, and side views. A and B show the laced lap- 

 ping at the ankle, C the wide tongue, and D the sole. 



I copy these designs from a communication to the Field by 

 " The Forester," who is one of the leading sportsmen in En- 

 gland and Scotland. By the wear of these boots it is intend- 

 ed that the ankle shall not be easily sprained, and that the 

 alternate lacings on each side of the instep keep the shoe 

 more natural and firm than if laced on one side only; and, be- 

 sides, the lacing is less liable to gape. 



In the first place, the last on which the boots are made 

 should be a shaving all round wider than the naked foot, and 

 then the sole should be a trifle larger than the bottom of the 

 last. The heel should be low, and extend forward in line 

 with the front of the ankle-bone. The straps should be made 

 of soft leather, and, being broad and flat, they gather the heel 

 portion of the boot well up, and support the ankle and instep. 

 The boots should be large, to admit a heavy ribbed stocking 

 of wool, rather loose, for a weft too close causes the feet to 

 be too warm. This writer objects to water-tight boots, and 

 at night, after a day's sport, he drains his boots, wipes them 

 out, greases them to keep them soft, sets them in a dry place 



