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In the event of a sudden immersion these latter fill with 



water, and thus act as plummets, loaded with which even 



a strong swimmer may very easily be drowned. Wading 



trousers, on the contrary, take so long to fill that they 



practically act as floats during a time which is generally 



sufficient to enable a swimmer to reach the bank ; and 



they give of course a non-swimmer a proportionately 



better chance than he would otherwise have. 



If leather boots are used, the best dressing that I am 



acquainted with, as also for shooting-boots, is a coat of 



the green-looking waterproof paste manufactured by 



Messrs. Strawson, of Crewkerne, Somersetshire ; and for 



merely keeping the leather pliant when not in use, the 



following will be found an excellent mixture : — 



Waterproofing for hoots (b-'c. — Burgundy pitch, i oz. ; bees' wax, 2 oz. ; 

 turpentine 2 oz. ; neatsfoot oil, i pint. The turpentine should be added 

 just before taking the composition off the fire. 



Salmon and Gri*lse Flies. 

 For the arguments bearing upon the question of what 

 a Salmon-fly ought to be — the rationale, that is, of 

 Salmon-flies — the reader is referred to the general intro- 

 ductory observations on fly-fishing. Chapter VI. The 

 figures in the frontispiece represent the three flies 

 therein alluded to dressed of three different sizes, so 

 as to exhibit in the most convenient form — the arrange- 

 ment of wings, hackles, &c. ; No. i being tied on a 

 double hook, showing with the foreshortened diagram 

 annexed to it the proper angle of " set" for the latter. 



