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Diver's skin, not a Gull's. A cap with a falling 

 cover behind it is a nuisance ; when lying down 

 this will come against your back and tip the front 

 over your vision just as you prepare to fire. 

 Sou' westers are worst of all for this reason. If 

 snow lies all around, you will get nearer to birds 

 should a white linen cover be fitted to button over 

 the cap, which may then be an ordinary cloth one. 

 The cover can be washed snow-white now and 

 again ; this cover can be removed at the day's end, 



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and you are not then so likely to be shot at as a 

 ghost, or chased as a lunatic, when stepping home 

 in the dark. As to long boots, they can't be too 

 light and pliable in reason, but should never be 

 walked in on the roads; they are not meant for 

 that. Have them large and loose, so that at the 

 end of a hard day you have not to dine in one, or 

 perhaps both, but instead, they may be pulled off 1 

 like a pair of old gloves. When boots are easy the 

 difficulty is to walk in them in sticky, but not bad 



