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Personally, I should recommend the amateur not to use more 

 than fifteen hooks. 



To conclude these remarks on sport in Turkey, I have only 



to add a few words on climate and dress. In all low-lying districts, 



wherever they may be, fever is invariably prevalent, 

 Climate. 



and, as a precaution, it will do nobody any harm to 



take a 5-oTain tabloid of quinine with his glass of whisky before 



going to bed. Warm underclothing and a light shooting jacket of 



khaki are the most serviceable dress. The native waistcoat is, in my 



opinion, superior to any Western pattern. Our waistcoats are warm 



in front and thin in the back, the most vulnerable point. The 



Turk wears a waistcoat made of skayak, or homespun, 

 Dress. 



which buttons over the left shoulder and over the 



left hip. Across the waist are two large, deep pockets, in which 



cartridges of different sizes may be kept, with two other pockets 



over each breast. The back is thus well protected, and cartridges 



are much better preserved from drippings in wet covert than when in 



outside jacket pockets, and are less irksome to carry than in a belt, 



the weight depending principally from the shoulders. In fact, if 



one of our fashionable sporting tailors were to start this model, it 



could scarcely fail to be universally adopted. 



The question of foot-gear is always a moot point. The most 



experienced and practical sportsmen in the East are, I think, in 



favour of one or two pair of thick knitted stockings and a pair of 



either light canvas shoes or native sandals. The feet will get wet in 



snow or slushy ground, but the walker "goes light," and, as long as he 



