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—woollen neck-bands which contract into ‘ chokative’ dimen- 
sions the first time they are washed—and so on; until one 
feels at last inclined to start a rival company, and call it the 
‘Jaéger system stripped of fads and made possible for ordinary 
mortals!’ . . . As, however, I still feel under obligation to Dr. 
Jaéger for his capital idea—from which, all drawbacks notwith- 
standing, I have derived much advantage—I tried instead what 
could be done in my own small way for my personal comfort, 
by persuading another firm—Messrs. Harborrow, of Cockspur 
Street—to take up the manufacture of ‘ Jaéger shirts,” and so 
forth, on principles free from the inconveniences alluded to. 
The very slight admixture of cotton in the ‘webbing’ of the 
material, which they use at my suggestion, is practically pre- 
ventative of shrinking, and makes on the whole, I think, a more 
agreeable and equally healthy garment, whilst, as I say, I can 
now get my fishing and shooting dress in a form which gives 
me the advantages of the Jaéger system without its eccentricities. 
A propos, I cannot imagine why some more simple 
and convenient style of dress has not long ago been adopted 
by ‘lady fishers,’ as well as by anglers of the sterner sex. 
Many ladies who now would never dream of approaching the 
river bank (nearer than the towing path) for fear of spoiling 
their dresses or wetting their shoes, would if suitably ‘ appa- 
relled’ find as keen an interest and enjoyment in the sport as 
we do, and might even become enthusiastic votaries of the 
gentle art. How charming it would be when we sally forth 
after,breakfast to lake or stream, to have the companionship 
of some ‘sweet girl graduate,’ who, with hair either golden or 
otherwise, would by her graceful companionship double the 
pleasures of success! There would be no slovenly casting, no 
calling to halt for pipes or liquor when fish were on the rise then, 
Fight on, brave knights! Bright eyes behold your deeds, 
written of the ‘free and easy passage of arms’ of Ashby de la 
Zouche, finds its modern parallel in the hunting field, the polo 
ground, and the rifle tournament, in fact, wherever youth and 
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