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GOODYEAR ON GUM -ELASTIC. 



FULL FORDING DRESS. 



This is a similar article to that described, plate , fig. differ- 

 ing from it only in the upper part by the addition of sleeves, 

 gloves, &c., so as to cover the whole person. Being drawn 

 closely about the neck, a man may ford a stream without re- 

 moving his garments. 



While wearing under the sheet of water at Niagara Falls one 

 of the open, uncouth over dresses of oil cloth, that are ajfforded 

 visitors at Niagara, at the price of half a crown, the writer 

 imagined that the public might be better accommodated with 

 a dress, such as the one here described, represented by fig. , 

 plate 



BAPTIZING DRESSES. 



These are made of plated cloths or corded vellum. They 

 have been found useful, and have been highly approved of by 

 Baptist clergymen, who are obliged to stand a long time in 

 water in cold weather. They are made similar to fishing pants, 

 except that they are cut higher in the waist. 



The full fording dress, described on page , either with or 

 without the life-preserver, is also well adapted to this use. 



CAPS 



Are made either at the factories or with the needle, as caps of 

 other materials are made. Gum-elastic, vellum, and felt, and 

 also the same fabrics when napped and perforated, or embossed 

 in imitation of morocco, are suitable for caps, according to the 

 chmate and service for which they are intended. 



A suggestion may here be made as to the advantage of making 



