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prayers he offered for his London tailor on that 

 occasion. 



It is, therefore, of the very first importance to be 

 efficiently turned out, and yet at the same time without 

 any discomfort or useless encumbrances. 



A light, thin cloth overcoat is all the extra clothing 

 which the stalker requires to keep him warm (not dry) 

 on the skyline when having to wait, or spy, for deer, 

 etc. ; for many such delays would cause him to be 

 ' perished with cold ' if of long duration. A short 

 hunting covert-coat, well soaked in alum, sugar-of- 

 lead, and zinc, will keep him warm enough. 



Every forest has its own special colour for cloth, 

 and Robert Fraser, of Inverness (and many other 

 tailors also), can supply the best coloured tweeds, 

 which do not have a black appearance when they 

 are wet. Messrs. Murray and Watson, of Inverness, 

 also turn out the sportsman very well, and have many 

 very useful improvements in such gear. They are, at 

 the present time, the most enterprising tailors in Inver- 

 ness. Of the London tailors, I can assure my readers, 

 from my own experience, that Messrs. Holt, of Sack- 

 ville Street, will not sacrifice comfort for the sake of 

 appearance, and they have made me many a suit of 

 invisible cloth. 



Every stalker (dukes and millionaires excepted) who 

 really means to ' go,' and does not desire to sit down 

 and have deer driven to him, must take care how he 

 trains himself for the purpose, for if he indulges too 

 freely at any time, but especially between breakfast 

 and dinner, his health and nerves must suffer ; and 

 nothing affects the action of the heart more than care- 

 lessness in eating and drinking. I can make mention 



