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English ones, and can't be got out without a deal 

 of bother. 



As to dress, every sportsman has his own ideas 

 on that head, so I will say no more, except that it 

 cannot be too strong ; and if a man really means 

 work, he cannot do better on the fells than to 

 adopt the Lap costume as far as skin breeches and 

 shoes go. Above all things avoid hobnailed shoes 

 on the fells ; they are both dangerous and trouble- 

 some. A pair of good light water-boots will often 

 prove a real comfort in wading these fell streams, 

 in which the water is always icy cold ; and in the 

 summer the forests are always wet. No fear of 

 the shooting dress being too thick or too warm, 

 especially if a man camps out much on the fells, 

 for I have seen these fell lakes coated with ice on 

 a midsummer night, and on a windy day my 

 fingers have been so numbed that I could scarcely 

 load my gun. The weather may be warm enough 

 down in the Quickiock valley, but it will be very 

 different on the tops of the highest fells, especially 

 when the north wind comes howling over the 

 dreary waste of perennial snows lying between 

 this and the Arctic Ocean. 



I need not remind the naturalist and collector 

 that, in a trip like this, the identification of his 

 specimens is of the utmost importance. To every 

 bird's leg he should, of course, attach a label 



