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just high enough to protect the knee from thorns, 

 admit leaves, sticks, and rain, and are far from com- 

 fortable. 



As we were to take the hounds out on foot for roe- 

 deer, I dressed myself accordingly, wearing a light 

 blouse with a waistbelt, trousers, and laced ankle- 

 boots, the ankles of which were of fustian, not to fetter 

 the action of the instep. The blouse was of a very 

 light material, a sort of brown holland, endeared to 

 me from having been a portion of that which formed 

 a far lovelier dress ; and, when I joined my jolly 

 companions at their breakfast, I felt as light as a 

 trained greyhound in the slips. 



As sportsmen very often make inquiries for dresses 

 in which to encounter strong exercise — for comfort, 

 coolness, freedom from any restraint, and lightness, I 

 recommend the carefully cut-out blouse ; the ammu- 

 nition, or the powder, ball, wadding, and caps, carried 

 in pockets in the waistbelt ; a small pouch for cart- 

 ridges when necessary over the shoulder, passed under 

 a shoulder-knot. In warm weather, no waistcoat need 

 be worn under the blouse ; the waistcoat can be added 

 if the weather makes one desirable. I succeeded at 

 last in teaching Mr. Court Stephenson, of Great Marl- 

 borough-street, to cut out and make up the blouse to 

 perfection. 



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