66 THE SALMON FISHER. 



One word more about the outfit : 



The salmon fisher needs a pair of wading trousers, 

 or stockings, which come to the arm -pits, and a pair 

 of low rawhide shoes with hobnails to prevent slip- 

 ping, and small round holes punched in the sides 

 near the soles, through which the water can play. 

 Goodyear & Co., of New York, sell excellent goods, 

 though perhaps hardly equal to the English mack- 

 intosh. I regard mosquito bars for the head and 

 gloves for the hands as superfluous. The latter, 

 with finger tips cut off, may be tolerated ; but the 

 headgear never. A broad-brimmed felt hat is the 

 best article always. 



