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Rh seam of forepart same as the back or a trifle less.

From line D mark in ½inch to find centre of back, make width at waist 2¼; suppress 2 between back and side body, and 1½ inches between side body and forepart: make up to waist measure plus 1 inch.

Draw centre breast line from G through 6½ and 1 inch below, add on ⅝ for making up the edge. Draw line from J to bottom of side body and hollow ½ inch above and ¼ inch below.

To get the skirts, draught a skirt in the usual manner, but without any spring at front, and for spring behind come down from J to *1 inch more than $1/6$ scale; make depth according to rank. For Officers the skirts are 6½ inches deep; in this instance the front skirt is 7¾, second skirt 7½ and back skirts 6¾ inches deep. Back skirts for Officers 6 inches. The front skirt is to be 1 inch wider than second skirt.

The skirts or tashes vary in length; and as most of our readers will gather from the