io5 SALMON AND TROUT. 



boot waterproof, and at the same time light, and as soft to the 

 foot as a kid glove. 



For 'waterproofing' all cloth and woollen materials I do 

 not say making them actually waterproof, but sufficiently so to 

 keep the under-garments practically dry I can recommend 

 the following receipt, given me by R. Atkinson, Esq., of Temple 

 Sowerby : 



Dissolve sugar of lead and alum in rain water, one ounce of 

 each to a quart of water. When settled down, draw off the clear 

 (this is most easily done with a syphon), saturate the "woollen 

 article in it (I generally leave it in twenty-four hours), and dry in 

 the open air. From" my own experience I have found a coat thus 

 treated to be quite waterproof. For a few days there is an un- 

 pleasant smell, but it soon wears off. I infinitely prefer such 

 protection from rain to any macintosh or other india-rubber manu- 

 facture. 



FISHING ETCETERAS. 



I might under this heading fill a chapter, if not a volume ; 

 as taking the term in its broadest sense, fishing ' etceteras ' might 

 be made to embrace the entire contents of a tackle shop, less 

 the half-dozen prominent items of the fisherman's equipment 

 which I have already noticed. But I must leave these minutiro 

 to take care of themselves, as space warns to bring this chapter 

 to a close. 



In doing so, however, I would briefly refer to three minor 

 items which may be of use to the fly fisher. 



The first is a fishing knife an almost indispensable addi- 

 tion to a satisfactory outfit for the river-side. The diagram 

 above represents the most convenient form of knife that I know 

 of; containing in a small compass the engraving is of the 

 actual size scissors, knife, and ' disgorger blade ' three im- 

 plements which are liable to be called into requisition at every 

 turn. This knife is manufactured and sold by Watson & Sons, 

 308 High Holborn, and the price is either 6s. or 6s. 6d., 

 I forget which. 



