74 WESTBOTHLAND. 



the tail with two bristles instead of three, 

 and the antennce> bent near the extremity. 

 (This appears to have been a small speci- 

 men of the Phryganca hicaudata.) 



From my first arrival in Westbothland, I 

 had remarked that all the inhabitants used 

 a peculiar kind of shoes or half-boots, called 

 K'chifyor, These seemed at first si^ht verv 

 awkward, but I soon found they had many 

 advantages over common shoes, being easier 

 in wearing, and impenetrable to water. 

 Those who wear them may walk in water 

 up to the tops without wetting their feet ; 

 for the seams never give way as in our 

 common shoes. Another advantage is that 

 they require no buckles, and serve equally 

 well for shoes or boots, so that those who 

 follow the plough are not obliged to buy 

 boots for that purpose. The lowest price 

 of a pair of common boots is nine dollars, 

 and of strons: shoes five ; but these cost 

 only two dollars. They are cut so that 

 not a morsel of leather is wasted. Thick 

 soles, formed as usual of three or four 



