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from £2 2s. to i^3 3^-. Chemises, 8s. each. Web drawers 

 (silk), £1 los. per pair ; (cotton), ys. 6d. ; vests (silk), 

 £1 IS. each ; (cotton), 5^-. Corsets (satin), £4 4s. ; sateen 

 (red), £2 los. ; sateen (white), £2 2s. Wellington boots, 

 £^ 2,s. per pair. Wool stockings, 3^. 6d. ; pure silk, ditto, 

 16^. ; spun silk, 6s. 6d. Latchford spur (plated), £1 is. ; 

 japanned, 9^-. 6d. Gloves, 5^. 6d. per pair. Celluloid 

 collar and cuffs, 4s. Rainproof jacket, £2 2s. Cape, 

 £1. Warm over-jacket, with braiding, £6 6s. Newmarket 

 covert-coat, from ;^io to ;^I2. It would be impossible 

 to lay down any rule for the price of whips, as much 

 must necessarily depend upon the mounting ; but I have 

 always thought that with them, as with all other articles 

 of riding apparel, the plainer they are the better. A good 

 hunting-whip with long lash attached averages from 

 £1 los. upwards. '■; 



Every article that I have named may be had at a very 

 much lower price ; in fact for half (or even less) the ordinary 

 cost that I have set down, but the question of course 

 remains, "Are cheap things, as a rule, worth purchasing?" 



