and to wear nothing but thick English woollen 

 knickerbocker stockings. 



For shooting in the hills knickerbockers are most 

 comfortable. It is unnecessary to obtain new ones 

 of any particular material, since any of the sports- 

 man's old trousers may be cut down and converted 

 into them, so long as the cloth is not of a staring or 

 conspicuous colour. For coats, the ordinary Basel 

 Mission Shikar cloth (manufactured at Cannanore, 

 in Southern India) is the best material, though in 

 the cold weather and in the rains, something warmer 

 say an ordinary tweed coat of fairly neutral hue 

 will be found comfortable. 



In any case, the sportsman in the hills should, 

 if he be in the least degree liable to catch cold, 

 take out shooting with him (even in dry weather) 

 a warm overcoat. This should be of mackintosh 

 covered with tweed, for such is useful both in dry 

 weather and in rain. Of course it will be carried 

 by one of his men. 



After fagging up a steep hillside, and having got 

 wet through from perspiration, a bitterly cold wind 

 is often encountered on the top of the ridge. The 

 sportsman may need to sit down for some time 

 while he examines with his glass all the country 

 within sight of him, and if he does this without 

 putting on an overcoat, he is very liable to catch 

 a chill. 



I question whether it would be an exaggeration, 

 were I to say that half of the illnesses from which 

 Europeans out in India suffer are the result of 

 chills. 



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