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following is the substance of his observations: 

 The drawer G G when closed does not extend 

 to the back of the chest, but leaves a space O, 

 behind it (see Figs. 74, 75, and 76), fourteen 

 inches broad, eight inches high, and three feet 

 eleven inches long. This space is never exposed 

 to the view of spectators. The small cupboard 

 seen at A is divided into two parts, by a door 

 or screen I, Fig. 73, which is moveable upon a 

 hinge, and is so constructed that it closes at the 

 same instant that B is closed. The whole of the 

 front compartment as far as I is occupied with 

 the machinery H. The other compartment be- 

 hind I is empty, and communicates with the 

 space O behind the drawer, the floor of this 

 division being removed. The back of the great 

 cupboard C C is double, and the part P Q,, to 

 which the quadrants are attached, moves on a 

 joint Q, at the upper part, and forms when raised 

 an opening S, between the two cupboards, by 

 carrying with it part of the partition R, which 

 consists of cloth tightly stretched. The false 

 back is shown closed in Fig. 74, while Fig. 75 

 shows the same back raised, so as to form the 

 opening S between the chambers. 



When the spectator is allowed to look into the 

 trunk of the figure by lifting up the dress, as in 

 Fig. 75, it will be observed that a great part of 

 the space is occupied by an inner trunk N, Figs. 

 75, 76, which passes off to the back in the form 

 of an arch, and conceals from the spectators a 

 portion of the interior. This inner trunk N opens 

 and communicates with the chest by an aperture 

 T, Fig. 77, about twelve inches broad and fifteen 

 high. When the false back is raised, the two 

 T 2 



