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BEES, WASPS, ET HOC GENUS OMNE, 



HAT-BOX is surely a 

 modern invention, a solid 

 leather hat-box I mean, 

 with movable fittings, to 

 allow of little articles 

 being carried in the sides 

 of it, and costing a sum 

 of rupees which I will not dwell 

 on, because it is a painful sub- 

 ject. The hat jtself, at least that 

 variety which demands a box for 

 ^ its accommodation, is a modern 



invention, and a fortiori the hat-box must be. Yet it has 

 already become a necessity of life to a smart-looking me- 



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