DRESS OF A SHOOTER. 



of harvest-bugs in September. Since this was first 

 published, I see that what is here advised has become 

 very much in fashion. I have not, however, the vanity 

 to suppose that it was from my recommendation, but 

 because people now begin to find out the comfort of it. 



For those who prefer gaiters, the best way to wear 

 them is with half boots, that lace close above the ankle, 

 and which require them no longer than just to reach 

 that part. 



A shooting waistcoat of the same stuff as the jacket 

 is always desirable and economical. It saves an increase 

 of baggage in travelling, and may be made long to cover 

 the loins, with pockets expressly to your own fancy. 

 I have found, however, that one of dark-gray cloth, 

 with mother-of-pearl or bone buttons, is the most com- 

 fortable (unless the weather be too warm for it), and 

 will last so as to look well longer than any other. A 

 small sidepocket above the left breast is handy for 

 wadding, which may be got at with the forefinger and 

 thumb, without taking off your glove ; and as (by the 

 way) keeping the hands warm in frosty weather is a 

 matter of necessity in shooting, I shall recommend a 

 little bit of copper wire fastened either to the lower 

 button, or the shot belt, which is always ready as a 

 gunplckeri never rusts ; will not injure the platina of 

 a touchhole ; and, if you fall, will bend, instead of 

 running into you. This, if bent to a right angle, does 

 very well too as a probe for the nipples of detonaters. 



A dissertation on a shooting-jacket would be absurd, 

 farther than to recommend, that, if you wish to have 

 what is commonly called a harepocket, it be lined with 

 oilskin, by which you may sponge off the blood, instead 

 of having, as many do, a jacket, that would serve as a 



