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beautiful bright chestnut colour ; and, being soft and pliant, 

 is very proper for the dusting of beds, curtains, carpets, hang- 

 ings, &c. If these besoms were known to the brush-makers 

 in town, it is probable they might come much in use for the 

 purpose above-mentioned.* I am, &c. 



* A besom of this sort is to be seen in Sir Ashton Lever's Museum. 



