260 THE BRITISH ANGLER'S LEXICON. 



should be reversed and the outside dried. The perspiration 

 which accumulates inside the legs and feet, if allowed 

 to remain without drying off has a tendency to decompose 

 the indiarubber, and they cease to be waterproof. Waders 

 should never be dried near a fire, and when not in use 

 should be hung from a nail by the straps, or slung over a 

 frame, and should not be folded or put in a box or drawer. 

 When the feet of the waders wear, they can be refooted 

 by sending them to the makers. If the angler is using 

 wading stockings, he should be careful when stooping, lest 

 the water should make its way over the top and render 

 them very uncomfortable; and again, it is dangerous getting 

 into holes or deep water with them, for if they get full of 

 water they become so weighty that the angler gets 

 "pounded" and unable to move. Many instances have 

 occurred of persons being drowned through the waders 

 filling and causing the angler to fall, the \veight of the filled 

 waders preventing him rising. It is a dangerous practice 

 wearing wading stockings in a deep river ; safer by far, if 

 trousers are not available, to wade in the ordinary dress, 

 even at the risk of getting wet legs and feet. Waders are 

 now manufactured by a new process, which keeps them 

 soft and pliable in all weathers. 



Walkings-Stick Rods are made in various qualities. 

 Some are perfect works of art, as far as rod making is 

 concerned, The middle and tops go into a bored Malacca 

 cane, fitted with silver and other mounts. 



Walton, Isaac, the father of the art and science of 

 angling, was born at Stafford in the month of August, 1593. 

 He must have spent his youth in this neighbourhood, and 

 no doubt acquired the taste for angling which has ever been 



