BOOTS. 9 



After a time, however, I began to think that 

 lacing-up boots and buttoning gaiters was un- 

 necessary trouble (besides, not one man in a dozen 

 can cut a gaiter to fit properly), so I devised a 

 campaigning boot upon a plan of my own, which 

 experience has proved to be a more comfortable 

 and serviceable article. I herewith give a sketch 

 of my invention, which Stokes, a ci-devant 

 trooper, of Coventry Street and Aldershot, has 

 carried out very efficiently. 



The best material for making 

 this boot is of deer-skin, doubled 

 over the foot when it is pro- 

 curable, but brown or drab 

 waterproof canvas is not a bad 

 substitute, being footed with 

 The old She- leather. It ought to fit the 



karry's Campaign- 

 ing Boot. leg well, and the leather uppers 



should be cut so as to compress the foot as 

 little as possible. 



A shooting-boot ought to be waterproof to be 

 thoroughly comfortable, and the real article is as 



