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will experience no chill in or out of the water, except, 

 perhaps, a momentary ring of cold when the water rises 

 to an unaccustomed height. He will hardly know, as far 

 as any sensation of cold is concerned, whether he is wet 

 or dry. But if cotton underclothes are worn, or those 

 with an appreciable admixture of cotton, a chill is expe- 

 rienced at once on exposure to the slightest wind, or even 

 on leaving the water when the air is still. This cannot 

 but be prejudicial to health. Red Shaker flannel is the 

 best material for this purpose, probably because it is hon- 

 estly made. I cannot too strongly emphasize this. 



Upon reaching the temporary lodging after the day's 

 sport, the wet clothes should be changed at once, and 

 the entire body briskly rubbed with a towel ; and this 

 before eating. Do not, under any pretext or for any rea- 

 son whatever, sit round in your wet clothes, but change 

 at once. Then a little drop of spirits, quite dilute and 

 perhaps warm, will do no harm. But on the stream and 

 while wading avoid this by all means, since the difference 

 in temperature between the upper and lower portions of 

 the body is already quite sufficient without any artificial 

 stimulant to increase it. With these precautions I have 

 never been able to see that wading was at all injurious. 



When you remove your wading-shoes, offer an induce- 

 ment to one of the farm-hands to wash them and give 

 them a liberal dose of neat's-foot oil. They will then 

 dry soft, and you will not feel, the next time they are 

 used, as though you had incased your feet in a burglar- 

 proof safe. 



Some wear rubber wading - stockings ; but unless in 

 early May, when the chill of winter is hardly off the 

 water, I think poorly of them. As far as keeping the 

 wader dry is concerned, they are a delusion; for the 



