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very remote from the fire, and the next morning* he dons 

 them over a pair of heavy, ribbed, dry stockings, and is again 

 ready for the fray. Use small tacks, placed in threes on the 

 soles, and as they lose, replace at evening. 



" The Forester" is doubtless right for a shooting-boot, or 

 for a boot to fish along the stream for trout, or from the rocks 

 for striped bass ; but for wading, in summer weather, the 

 pegged shoe of the American army regulation is the best cov- 

 ering for the feet. 



Stiff leathern leggins, like those worn by the Zouaves, are 

 useful to protect the shins when threading rough under- 

 growth of thorns and briers along a trout stream. For wad- 

 ing-boots I have found alligator-skin the best uppers for the 

 feet, and Russia leather the best for the legs. 



Getchell's rubber boots, lined with cloth, and with silk ex- 

 tensions above the knees, are the most perfect articles of the 

 rubber kind. 



AMERICAN GAME-LAWS. 



AMERICAN LAWS FOR THE PROTECTION OF FISH, GAME, AND 

 INSECTIVOROUS BIRDS. 



The leading features of these laws are included in those 

 for the State of New York and the Dominion of Canada, and 

 I therefore give them for the benefit of the remaining part 

 of North America, as the laws for regulating the protection 

 and capture of game and fresh-water fishes should be similar 

 throughout the United States and their borders. 



GAME-LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. 



An Act to amend and consolidate the several acts relating to the Preservation 

 of Moose, Wild Deer, Birds, and Fresh-water Fish, passed May 13, 1867. 



The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, 

 do enact as follows: 



MOOSE AND DEER. 



SEC. 1. No person shall kill, or pursue with intent to kill, any moose or 

 wild deer save only during the months of August, September, October, No- 



