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Here, I conceive, is all the covering that can be re- 

 quired for real wildfowl shooting ; and as for the little 

 pastime of tramping the water-meadows, or waiting for 

 the flight, I need only observe, that wearing a hat, and 

 particularly a black one, should be avoided, and drab 

 is, on the whole, about the best colour. For the latter 

 pursuit, the shooter should have a gunning-coat, lined 

 with shag, that has pockets convenient for loading ; a 

 flap to fall over his lock, and a quaker's collar, which 

 will not interfere with his gun. [The pattern for this 

 coat, and the recipe for the Sou'wester, I have given to 

 Messrs. Christie and Davis, 49, Poland-street.] This 

 coat, with a shawl handkerchief, should be worn over 

 his shooting jacket ; and, of course, not put on till he 

 ceases to be in motion ; or he might, otherwise, get 

 heated, and take cold. 



If he wishes to sit down, never let him be so im- 

 prudent as to sit on the damp ground, but have either 

 a hand-basket or a bag full of straw, or something of 

 this kind ; and the lower his seat, the "better he will 

 be able to shoot at fowl when they are going over his 

 head. 



The foregoing directions, I trust, explain all that is 

 requisite on the subject ; and, in this article, as well as 

 in many others, I have to beg pardon for the style in 

 which I have written. But in a work where the poor 

 author is left without a single muse to inspire him, the 

 subject will often become, both to the writer and the 

 reader, like a dreary journey, where any trifling ob- 

 servation may be admissible to lighten the way. For 

 instance, when we give a dissertation on water boots, 

 hot oil, and Russia duck, the hero of his own tale might, 

 it is presumed, crave a little indulgence for what the 



