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Among other lessons which I have learnt in Scotland, there is the fact that only one hat at present manufactured by the human race is of any use at all. A top hat may be useful to fall into, hunting, and an unstrengthened one may be pleasantly light for town wear; but there is only one general purposes hat for the country, and this is the deer-stalker or twa-snooted bonnet. If you fish in a blizzard for a fortnight, you learn that the back of your neck is more important than your forehead. If you fish in a cap you find that, after a certain pitch of misery has been passed, the cap gets turned back-to-front. It is better to have a wet face than a wet back. The twa-snooted bonnet protects both quarters, besides having two admirable flaps with which it is possible to comfort the ears in a snowstorm. I shall have to order one of these, to make up for it in the Shire.

[1] But the weight of the fish in the water will be so much less than it is on land that perhaps this pull is in fact sufficient to tire.

[2] It would be pleasant, but impossible, to give one away with every copy.