WILDFOWL2NG COSTUME 



in 



and are made to fit so that, by a sudden, dexterous flip, they 

 fly off, allowing a cripple- 

 stopper to be more easily 

 handled. The fingers being 

 together keeps them warmer 

 than would otherwise be the 

 case ; and a dry pair or two 

 of these mittens should 

 always be carried. 



The dress depicted and 

 described is of course for 

 hard, rough-weather shoot- 

 ing. When much bodily 

 exercise has to be endured 

 the slop may be discarded, 

 and a thinner one of bluish- 

 grey linen substituted. If 

 the hands become perished 

 with cold, a good plan is to 

 dip a pair of mittens over- 

 board, and, having wrung 

 them out, put them on, and, 

 like rubbing one's nose with 

 snow in Russia, it will bring 

 about reaction. 



One would hardly credit 

 the complete disguise which 

 such a wildfowl costume 

 affords. Mr Harmer tells 

 many amusing anec- 

 dotes of mistakes of 

 which he has been 

 the subject during his 

 punting career, two 



n , . , , i MR RICHARD FIELDING HARMER IN PUNT-GUNNING COSTUME. 



of which are worth 



repeating. He had on one occasion during a heavy squall punted 



up a creek to get a berth under the lee of a weather sea-wall 



