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woollen clothing; it is more easy to dry 

 than other goods. 



Field Hosiery. Woollen socks* or 

 stockings should be worn both winter and 

 summer in angling and field sports, if 

 possible, but a thin sock of silk or cotton 

 is sufficient in summer. In winter, if 

 wool annoys you, try the thin summer 

 sock next to the flesh and the wool over 

 the cotton or silk. The leather or rubber 

 of the boot or shoe and mere cotton or 

 silk are not sufficient to keep the feet 

 warm in severe weather, but wool be- 

 tween the flesh and the leather or rubber 

 material is the most practical article thus 

 far invented. 



Footwear. In dry localities nothing 

 is more practical in footwear than good 

 brown leather. High laced shoes with 

 medium soles are excellent. These may 

 be worn in the fields and woodlands. 

 In salt meadow-lands, on lake shores 

 and marshlands, in and wading for brook 

 trout, the high, thin, close fitting rubber 



