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C C. Front doors of large cupboard. 



D. Back door of ditto. 



E. Door of ditto. 



F. Door of the thigh. 

 G G. The drawer. 



H. Machinery in front of the small cupboard. 



I. Screen behind the machinery. 



K. Opening caused by the removal of part of the floor 

 of the small cupboard. 



L. A box which serves to conceal an opening in the 

 floor of the large cupboard, made to facilitate the first 

 position; and which also serves as a seat for the third 

 position. 



M. A similar box to receive the toes of the player in 

 the first position. 



N. The inner chest filling up part of the trunk. 



O. The space behind the drawer. 



P Q. The false back turning on a joint at Q. 



E. Part of the partition formed of cloth stretched tight, 

 which is carried up by the false back to form the opening 

 between the chambers. 



S. The opening between the chambers. 



T. The opening connecting the trunk and chest, which 

 is partly concealed by the false back. 



U. Panel which is slipt aside to admit the player. 



Various pieces of mechanism of wonderful ingenuity 

 have been constructed for the purposes of drawing and 

 writing. One of these, invented by M. Le Droz, the son 

 of the celebrated Droz of Chaux le Fonds, has been de- 

 scribed by Mr. Collinson. The figure was the size of life. 

 It held in its hand a metallic style, and when a spring was 

 touched, so as to release a detent, the figure immediately 

 began to draw upon a card of Dutch vellum previously 

 laid under its hand. After the drawing was executed on 

 the first card, the figure rested. Other five cards were 



