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Built up on entirely 
new scientific lines, 
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Positively cold, wind, 
and wet proof. 
As sketch, with fur collar, 
£10:10:0 I 
BOBINSON & CLEAVER 
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Naval and Military Outfitters, 
156-168 Regent St., 
London, 
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TO HOLD 30 CIGARETTES. 
No. 8S.— PIGSKIN CIGARETTE CASE, 
to hold 30 cigarettes 
No. 89. — Ditto, superior quality, lined 
pigskin .. .. .. ..SI 
No. 00.— Ditto, Qgarette Case and 
Tobacco Pouch 
No. 91.— SAM BROWNE BELTS. One shoulder 
strap. Best bridle leather ..8250 
Ditto, stitched pigskin .. .. 83 3 
2 6 No. 87. — Non-conosive, oxi- 
dised, bayonet top, plated inside, 
1 7/6 '"''''* ^^'' concave shape, j-pint. 
37/6 
Ditto, smaller sizes, 30/., 35,'. 
Britannia Metal, screw top, con- 
cave shape, (-pint , , 15/, 
Ditto, smaller sizes. 
8/6 and 1 1/6 
WATER-BOTTLES. 
No. 83. — Nickel silver plated 
inside, non-corrosive, screw 
top, rounded front, flat back, 
covered khaki doth, i| pints 
£16 6 
No. 84. — Ditto, with leather 
cradle carrier (as illustrated) 
£1 10 
No. 85. — Ditto, Regulation i 
pattern, concaved, 2t pints ■ 
£1 12 6 
HAVERSACKS. 
Extra large and strong, 
made from an officer's 
design .. .. 17/6 
No. 81.— Ditto, with Leather 
Base .. .. 27/6 
Detachable Sling, 2/6 extra. 
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Sndfor NEW Illustrated List of War Equipmnt. 
SWAINE & ADENEY 
By ApMnlmrnt to H.M. The Hint. 
185 PICCADILLY 
LONDON, W.l. 
Notes on Kit 
Leggings 
Some men will tell you that leggings simply do not matter 
much ; if you want a pair, they say, you just go and get a 
pair ; there are two or three sizes — maybe more, and maybe 
less, but if you get the size that feels nearest to a fit you- 
have done the best possible — and there it is. Which doctrine 
accounts for the remarkable appearance of a brigadier — no 
less rank — who ornamented Charing Cross platform one 
morning not so long ago ; a perfect man down to the knees, 
but thence . . . well, the less said the better. And it is 
not only confined to brigadiers ; you may find all ranks who 
firml}' beheve, judging by what they wear, that the word 
legging means a funnel of leather designed to cover the leg, 
and incapable of fitting it. A behef which is in the highest 
degree erroneous. 
If appearance were all, there would be no necessit}' to 
bother, for any man can go on active service and bother 
not at all about what he looks like, so long as he has a 
semblance of a uniform outfit that will save him from being 
taken for a franc-tireur. But there are the points of hard 
wear, comfort, and efficiency to be taken into account, and 
in order to fill those conditions to the fullest possible extent 
it is just as necessary to get a pair of leggings made by a 
man who understands the job as it is to get a pair bf boots 
made by a reputable and capable bootmaker. For the 
reach-me-down legging may come out very well as regards 
appeafance, in some cases ; but to get perfect leg-comfort 
it is really necessary to get the leggings made to measure, 
just as it is necessary to get boots made to measure. A pair 
of leggings should be so fitted that sleeping with them on 
and buckled in place is no discomfort — which is not an 
attribute of ready-made articles, unless one has legs of the 
exact "stock" size and shape, which very few men have. 
There are still three or four places in London where speciaUsts 
in the build and fitting of leggings stiU exist, and to every 
man to whom the. need for a new pair of leggings comes 
once in a while, the best advice is that he should betake 
himself to one of these establishments and get a pair of 
leggings made to fit him. If he has not tried this trick 
before, he will very soon appreciate the difference between 
made to measure and chosen from stock — and his friends 
vvill appreciate it, too. 
A Waterproof Welted Boot 
The value of waterproof welts for boots lies in the fact 
that, apart from the wear on the soles of boots, it is the 
welts that first give way in the ordinary patterns, since such 
water as penetrates at that point stays there — the crease 
between sole and upper makes a pocket that holds water 
and permits it to injure the leather. With these boots such 
damage is virtually impossible ; the boots themselves are 
waterproof, in the sense that they will keep the wearer's feet 
dry under any conditions of water and mud, and the welts 
are waterproof in another sense, in that they are so con- 
structed that the "life" of the boots is very largely increased, 
since the welts will not hold water and permit of injury to the 
leather through holding it. To this should be added the fact 
that the boots themselves are made of leather which is of 
pre-war quality— not that it has been kept in stock since 
pre-war times, but that it is equal in quality to the best 
leather that used to be obtainable for service footwear. And 
on top of this there is really excellent workmanship put into 
these boots, which represent the very best service footwear 
obtainable. You can get these boots made to measure if 
necessary, or, if in a hurry, you can get a pair to fit from 
stock, and be assured of genuine foot comfort. 
The Scientific Water-bottle. 
Since health on service is the first consideration, and a 
supply of pure water is one of the first considerations in 
regard to health, the water-bottle which forms its own germ- 
proof filter is a necessity to every man, and its rapidly growing 
popularity is proof of its unique value. So efficient is the 
filter that the bottle may be filled with sewage, if nothing 
else is available, and still the filter yields a drink of pure 
water, germ-free. Sufficient tests have been made to prove 
THE LIGHTING AND STARTING of your " After the War " 
car IS Its most important feature; therefore, let "CA.V" advise 
you.— Wnte, call, or 'phone C. A. VANDERVELL & CO. (LTD.). 
Electncal Engineers, Acton, London, W.3. Telephone: Chiswick 
2.000 (8 lines). — (Advt.) 
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