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GARMENTS. 



Messrs. T. Burberry and Sons, of the Haymarket, London, have 

 introduced a riverside coat designed by experts on the subject with 

 which they deal. Rain runs off the surface of the cloth, which soon 

 dries. The outer texture (Gabardine) protects the body from wind 

 as well as wet. The inner texture (wool) maintains the warmth it 

 produces — neither fabric interfering with the ventilation. The coat 

 is a combination of two thin materials — superfluous doublings and 

 interlinings are avoided. Well-arranged pleats expand to every 

 movement in casting, and assure full freedom of action. 



As I was informed on reliable authority that the material is the 

 popular demand of the hour, a coat made of Gabardine was soon put to 

 a sharp test ; and though my own experience of it does not extend 

 over any lengthened period, I am entirely converted from the 

 prevalent idea that a rubber mackintosh is a necessity. Rain 

 continued, more or less heavily, throughout the month of October, 

 I goo, but on no single occasion could a wet spot be felt or found 

 beneath the garment worn. The comfort derived from the coat, in 

 either dry or wet weather, could hardly be credited without a trial. 



The improved fishing cap, by the same firm, has a double brim 

 The underpart, fitted to carry flies, is protected by the upper, which 

 shoots rain off the neck. The cap is light and cool in wear. 



Of these garments, Mr. W. Baden-Powell writes : — " I am^ sure so 

 well-known a salmon angler as Mr. Geo. M. Kelson hardly needs a 

 word from me in regard to the good qualities of Gabardine for fishing. 

 . . . There is no more bothersome thing while wading deep, and 

 expecting fish, than to have to come out for a mackintosh. . . . 



