their prying curiosity to thread the mazy labyrinth of your ear: or, in any case, they might lodge themselves in the outward tube of the ear, much to your annoyance, though it might be unattended with further consequences.

46. If you have a great liking for ease, you will not have your coat made with any fashionable tightness, but quite loose, particularly in the arms. By having it to button very easy in ordinary, it just fastens up comfortably when the pockets are stowed away. The button loop is a good plan when the coat fits tight: the loose coat does not cut so soon in the arm-holes, and it keeps the skirts down in walking, whilst it allows of ventilation.

47. The waistcoat may well be made double-breasted, or at least so as to button up tight across the chest and up to the neck, for rough weather, independent of the in fine weather it can be buttoned or thrown

coat back. 48. The cravat may be taken off with comparative impunity whilst in the act of walking, but it should be readjusted on stopping. The latest style of it almost renders this caution needless. But owing to this simple rule being disregarded, many have had to thank themselves for sore throats, which unpleasant companions might have been kept at a respectful distance by a little exercise of common reflection.

49. With regard to pantaloons, &c. Colonel Shaw says::-"Have two pair of trousers, of dark gambaroon. As it is of consequence to walk cool, if possible march without drawers, but be sure to put them on at the end of the journey; one pair is enough: they can be washed and dried whilst you are in bed."

"The best gaiters to wear are those used by the French when shooting. They are made of the strongest,

softest leather, with straps to tighten them if necessary. They should be as high as the knee, and buckled over the trousers, so that, however dirty the roads may be, on throwing them off, you find your trousers quite clean and dry."

50. The best shirts are those made of calico or long cloth, as it is called-linen being now discarded, partly on account of the economy of the former, but chiefly because, after exercise has heated the body, the linen strikes cold to its surface; but recently flannel-shirts have been much substituted for the calico, worn next the skin and alone, thereby excluding over-weight of clothing, and yet securing protection sufficient, along with refreshing ventilation. We have adopted this plan, and much prefer it to the compound clothing. Captain Galton says"The importance of flannel next the skin can hardly be overrated; it is now a matter of statistics; for during the progress of expeditions, notes have been made of the number of names of those in them who had provided themselves with flannel, and of those who had not. The list of sick and dead always included names from the latter list in a very great proportion."

51. Caps are much worn by pedestrians, and some find them lighter and more suitable than hats, in several respects; but Col. Shaw gives a good reason why hats are preferable, viz. because you can carry things in the hollow of a hat. By all means avoid a waterproofed cap. Waterproof hats, as they are called, do ventilate, or you may perforate them with pin-holes for this purpose, or even larger openings. The brim is now often rendered easier by padding, yet with air passages, structurally disposed-obviously a great comfort in wear. Hats are cooler, because of not setting so close to the head, especially unstiffened felt or beaver.

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52. "As to other requisites, the first to be provided is a good knapsack," says Col. Shaw, "of the best oilskin. It is to be had in all the military store shops in London. Care should be taken to have the straps of the best patent leather, and a degree broader than usual. The breadth for ease is the regulation' strap proper for the Guards' knapsack. They should be so long that you could use them in the foreign manner if you chose. By this I mean that, in the foreign knapsack, the fixture from which the shoulder-straps play is placed in the centre of the knapsack, while the English fixtures are placed on the points of the shoulders, just in a line with the shoulder-straps; so that the whole weight of the knapsack is on the upper part of the arms, instead of being divided over the back. In the French manner the knapsack sticks closer to the back, consequently you do not feel its weight so oppressive by the swaying-about motion."

Captain Galton's remarks are likewise well worthy of attention. He says-" It is recommended that knapsacks, if not exceeding six pounds in weight, should be attached to a belt, and made to lie against the small of the back. When the bearer sits down to rest himself, the weight of this burden is at once relieved, and it is much speedier work to unbuckle the belt than to struggle out from the thongs of a knapsack. In hot countries the confinement of these straps is unbearable. A fishing-basket replaces a knapsack excellently: it is perhaps the better of the two. Sixteen or twenty pounds weight at the outside is as much as a man not trained to the business should carry. English knapsacks have a bad reputation; they are said to be neither light nor waterproof."

Improvements are daily occurring in everything, and

of course we find fresh plans even for carrying and constructing knapsacks. However, one point might be certainly adopted with advantage, viz. the making of the knapsack so that wet clothes, stockings, &c. can be left outside to dry on the journey, instead of being put inside along with the dry things. "In Germany," a continental student and ex-militaire remarks, "the students in the time of vacation are constantly, with their knapsacks on their shoulders, visiting distant countries, and often roam on foot as far as Italy; and it is a pleasure to see the rubicund youths walking the roads singing, laughing, and smoking."

53. Next, a cloak, for protection in wet weather, requires a word or two. Col. Shaw's advice runs on from the wallet thus:-" When provided with a knapsack, get a wide cloak (so wide as to go over the knapsack) of the very best oil-silk, long enough to reach to the middle of the thigh; likewise an oil-skin for the hat. The oil-skin cloak can be used either for sitting or laying on the ground." A very light and portable article of this kind has been imported lately from France, termed, from these qualifications, the "Zephyr" cloak: it is composed of some very fine material, with a very thin layer of caoutchouc between two folds: the weight of a cloak runs about 20 oz. Our remarks on the prejudicial effects of waterproof garments in general, seems to be here conflicting with Col. Shaw's advice. We can only qualify our own statement by admitting that a light cloak of oil-silk or India-rubber cloth, of the dimensions of a cape rather than of a full-grown cloak, makes this difference, that it does not stick to the figure like a coat, and so allows of ventilation being carried on underneath, and still more so when worn over the knapsack, a body of air being thus always preserved about the

shoulders: again, its protection as a sitting cushion is manifest and unobjectionable. There is a light summer walking surtout, which would turn a gentle shower sufficiently the "D'Orsay" build. The French

blouse-coats are rather a protection against dust than wet for this purpose they are well adapted, and, from their cheapness, accessible to all. It appears to us possible that, in the march of improvement, the pedestrian may be so far favoured as to have a plan introduced, the result of some ingenious artisan, whereby a small silk waterproofed cape, just large enough to cover the shoulders and down to the elbows, may be arranged so as to be worn as a cape or as an umbrella, being attachable by a clasp or spring and stretcher to his walking cane. This brings us to the accompaniment

54. A walking-stick or cane, which deserves our notice, or people would not prove so wedded to it. It is not a mere fancy; there is a real utility in having one, not only as a weapon of self-defence against all manner of attacks from men and animals, but, as a regulator of the locomotive vibrations of the body and limbs, it does a real service; as also by taking off some of the weight of the body from the lower limbs, and taxing the upper extremity, which grasps the stick. Davis says "The use of a stick may serve partially, and only partially, to combine the action of the upper limbs in the exercise of walking." Those who are used to much writing, or wish to preserve their right hand in working trim for using the artistic pencil, &c. would avoid, by using a stick, that swelling of the hand which general exercise otherwise produces. The handle of the stick should be at a right angle with the shaft, and not a mere knob or steam-turned bend. A good hazel, with the handle worked out of the root comes up