Woodcraft

Even
moccasins are better. Gaiters, all sorts of high shoes, in fact, are
too bothersome about fastening and unfastening. Light boots are best.
Not thin, unserviceable affairs, but light as to actual weight. The
following hints will give an idea for the best footgear for the woods;
let them be single soled, single backs and single fronts, except light,
short foot−linings. Back of solid “country kip”; fronts of substantial
French calf; heel one inch high, with steel nails; countered outside;
straps narrow, of fine French calf put on “astraddle,” and set down to
the top of the back. The out−sole stout, Spanish oak and pegged rather
than sewed, although either is good. They will weigh considerably less
than half as much as the clumsy, costly boots usually recommended for
the woods; and the added comfort must be tested to be understood.