deleterious to health. The real benefits derived from the new 

 texture are so encouraging, and so obviously manifest, that the ques- 

 tion as to whether the waders made of it will or will not last quite so 

 long as the antiquated stuff, is rendered unworthy of consideration. 

 One thing may be predicted with absolute certainty, and that is, that 

 all stout waders, including those of sateen which once ruled the 

 market, will soon become obsolete, and that the modern sort, wliich 

 have a salutary effect, will quickly assert their superiority, increase in 

 favour of the people by leaps and bounds, and defy all competition. 



With regard to brogues, some prefer boots, others shoes. The 

 latter are to be commended, as the ankles have free play — a con- 

 sideration not to be despised on coming against a hidden boulder, 

 when rapidity of motion is usually one's only salvation. The soles 

 made for my use, by Cording of Piccadilly, of course with heels, arc 

 three-quarters of an inch thick, the nails are very large and not pul 

 too close together. 



A water-tight boot for those, who from choice or necessity fish 

 from the bank, is almost indispensable. We all shift our waders and 

 don our ordinary walking shoes, or the knee-high " Springfield " boots 

 supplied by The London Shoe Co., on moving to a place better 

 fished from land than water. Griffen's (Reading) Preservative keeps 

 them soft and water-tight for years. 



Wading is easier than it seems at first sight, despite the scribe 

 who contends that: — 



" The wisest and best some fear may show, 



And wish to stay, though they resolve to go, 

 Sometimes rcsol\cd to face the gulf, and then 

 Wade to the bank and there stop short again." 



