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easily be brought in the carriage. Where 

 this is not practicable, the waders had better 

 be kept on, and a thick overcoat added to the 

 ordinary clothing, no matter how warm the 

 weather may be. With ordinary thigh-waders 

 these precautions may be unnecessary, but when 

 they reach up to the waist or arm-pits, a 

 chill in the loins may be but too easily con- 

 tracted, and the above preventive should be 

 made use of. All waders should be worn over 

 thick, long woollen stockings, and their feet pro- 

 tected from being cut by the stones which wash 

 in over the brogues by means of coarse, heavy 

 worsted socks pulled over them. Brogues made 

 of mail canvas and leather, and well hob-nailed, 

 are by far better than those of india-rubber. 

 They can easily be kept soft by means of grease 

 or dubbing, and will last for years with ordinary 

 care. 



Mr. Cording sells an excellent description of 

 wading-boot, which comes up to the thigh, and 

 is made of india-rubber lined with leather. These 

 boots save a great deal of trouble, and are useful 

 for snipe-shooting, walking in deep snow, etc., 

 as well as for fishing, and wear for years, and 

 will stand any amount of knocking about. They 

 are also light. Their price is necessarily some- 

 what high (four guineas), but they are well 

 worth that sum. A pair I possess have been 



