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definitely marked and suited, thus avoiding all 

 possibility of that distressing pressure upon 

 the temples, which is a fruitful source of 

 headache and discomfort to so many riders. 

 Hats made at this firm require no elastics — 

 if it be considered desirable to dispense with 

 such — as the fit is guaranteed. Never wear a 

 veil on horseback, except it be a black one, 

 and nothing with a border looks well. A plain 

 band of spotted net, just reaching below the 

 nostrils, and gathered away into a neat knot 

 behind, is the most distingue. Do not wear 

 anything sufl&ciently long to cover the mouth, , 

 or it will cause you inconvenience on wet and 

 frosty days. For dusty roads a black gauze 

 veil will be found useful, but avoid, as you 

 would poison, every temptation to wear even 

 the faintest scrap of colour on horseback. All 

 such atrocities as blue and green veils have 

 happily long since vanished, but, even still, a 

 red bow, a gaudy flower stuck in the button- 

 hole, and, oh, horror of horrors ! a pocket hand- 

 kerchief appearing at an opening in the bosom, 

 looking like a miniature fomentation — these 

 still occasionally shock the eyes of sensitive 



