SHORE-SHOOTING 81 
design and workmanship must be sufficiently good to withstand 
the action of the atmosphere and water. Usually a watertight 
cover lasts but for one season, and even then it requires almost 
daily attention to see that nothing has been broken or that no 
one molests it. 
A good seat is one of the things which add to the comfort 
of the hutted shore-shooter. It may be arranged from material 
found on the shore, such as an old box ora piece of drift 
timber. It is unwise to sit on cold, wet stones, or even the 
mud itself, without some lighter and warmer material laid on 
top. The seat should be high enough to place the head of 
the shooter conveniently above the top of the hut, so that he 
has a clear view all round. Where rough seats cannot be 
readily constructed a folding stool will prove of inestimable 
value. Nothing eases the shooter during a long, tiring 
wait more than a comfortable seat, especially when the sur- 
rounding conditions do not permit of a rough one being 
available. During cold weather ] have known shore-shooters 
employ an overturned bucket to sit upon, a lighted candle 
inside warming the seat. Two air-holes are punched in the 
bucket, one at the top—the other at the bottom. Whether this 
is injurious to the body I do not know, but it is an easy means 
of ensuring a dry seat, if nothing else. 
