22 IBEX SHOOTING 



sole of the foot, plaited out of straw rope, 

 of about the size of an ordinary pencil, 

 with a long loop at the toe, and a sort of 

 rope railing, as it were, running all round 

 it ; and besides this there is a long grass 

 rope, with which the shoe is bound on to 

 the foot. To adjust the shoe, you place 

 your foot on the pad, and turn the toe loop 

 up between your big toe and the others, in 

 fact, through the slit in your sock. The 

 long rope is then passed from the toe on 

 one side, through the loop, round the rail- 

 ing, and then back through the toe loop 

 and railing on the other side ; across and 

 across the instep about five times, getting 

 nearer the ankle each time, and finishing 

 up with two turns round it, while the rail- 

 ing running round behind the heel prevents 

 the foot from sliding off behind. When 

 put on, you find yourself with a soft pad of 

 matting under your foot, perhaps half an 

 inch thick, and with all your toes over the 

 end of the shoe, and ready to grip with ; 

 in them you can keep your footing on any- 



