CORRESPONDENCE. 235 



horseback for many hours. Hat of soft felt, 

 or a melon-shaped hat. Pantaloons of chamois 

 leather, buttoning close at the ankles. Hussar 

 or Wellington boots, reaching to about four 

 inches of the knee, to be worn over the 

 pantaloons, made of Peel leather with moderate- 

 sized heels, tipped with brass, and soles strong 

 but not thick. A leather stud should be sewn 

 on the left boot, about 2J inches above the 

 heel, on which stud the spur should rest, and 

 thus be kept in its place without tight 

 buckling. The spur found to be the most 

 useful after the trial of many is a rowel spur 

 of plated steel, about two inches to two and-a- 

 half inches long, strong and light, hunting 

 shape, and fastened with a strap and buckle, 

 the foot-strap of plated steel chain. This 

 chain foot-strap looks neater than a leathei 

 one, and does not become cut or worn out 

 when on foot on rough or rocky ground. The 

 rowel pin is a screw pin ; thus the rowel can 

 be changed at pleasure, and a sharp or a blunt 

 one fitted as is required by the horse one 

 rides. The spur I mention can be obtained 

 of Messrs. Maxwell & Co., Piccadilly, 



