204 BIG-GAME SHOOTING IN UPPER BURMA 



out of shape, and that one's toes get many a 

 nasty knock against hidden stones and stumps of 

 trees, especially when coming downhill. Nothing 

 really beats the ordinary ammunition boot well 

 studded with iron nails — Peshawar nails for 

 choice — as giving a broad and firm foothold. 

 A pair of rubber stalking boots or shoes must 

 be carried, and when on fresh tracks the heavy 

 boots are exchanged for the stalking boots. 

 These should have light leather uppers and thick 

 red-rubber soles. The drawback is that these 

 stalking boots are expensive, and though the 

 rubber wears well, the sewing soon frays under 

 the combined influence of wet and sun. But 

 lately a new stalking boot has come on the market 

 which is as perfect as anything of the kind can 

 well be. They are exactly of the same kind 

 and material as a child's ordinary beach shoe — 

 except that they are boots, not shoes. The 

 uppers are of thin brown canvas, while the soles 

 are of stout golosh rubber covered with large 

 rubber studs about half an inch in diameter, and 

 projecting from the sole about one-eighth of an 

 inch. These boots wear fairly well, are almost 

 as noiseless as the naked foot, and give a splendid 

 grip on all sorts of ground. They have the 

 advantage, too, of being cheap, — Rs.5 a pair. 

 They can be obtained from Messrs. Whiteaway 

 Laidlaw & Co., of Calcutta and Rangoon. There 

 is no reason why these boots should not be worn 



