TOD. 



bowl is partially hollowed by the finger, and completed by the in,er 

 of an oiled stopper or mould. The wire is thrust backwards and 

 forwards until it becomes visible m the bowl. The wires are now 

 awn, and the pipes are taken out of the moulds, slightly 

 smoothed over, and laid aside to dry. After drying for a day or two 

 any remaining roughness is removed by means of an instrument of 

 bone or hard wood ; and then the pipes are sometimes Guided a 

 second time and polished with a piece of flint bored with holes through 

 which the stem is passed repeatedly. Hitherto 



- j ^i <e<j, wmcu was the IIRII 

 praetexta was also the official roh, 

 and the nnmicipia 

 derived from tlE 

 purple border (tow Jo 



* _ 



u ga . e 



gh ' r ma g istra tea of the city 



The , name P ratexta wa ^ 

 omed ^^ * broad 



one side 



tumph, whence it was also 



s 



groa, of pipe* per day, or about 120 millions in a year 



MEEBS ^ pipe f r UttMo * Bribed under 







of 



might have been 

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is what 





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i 



thorough. 







Edw I. c 31.) y age8 and Suffer tapriaonment. (Stat. 3 



mT D to bf ^" a W61 ; e ^ r T rly of Yel 7 Ordiual 7 occurrence. But it 



>e very probable that many ancient payment, of this descrip- 



. UwfuUH P reau ed . from their being so long acquiesced in, to have 



, ' Srt? h nd6r * r yal ^ ant ' Were in fact mere e"croachment 8 



was however, practically lessened by the exertion of the 



al prerogative of granting immunities and exemptions from liabihty 



