ENGLISH AND IRISH PIPES. 



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right angles from elongated bodies, or heads alone, 

 demoniacal or canine, affixed to the tube. They are 

 generally covered with a bright green or yellow-red 

 glaze. The late war originated a pipe formed from 

 a gun, upon the stock is placed a soldier's cap, it is 

 stamped with its designation, " Sebastopol pipe," on 

 one side, and the maker's name, " Longworth, 

 London," on the other. The rarity of an original 

 design among ourselves, has induced the engraving 

 of this specimen. 



In Ireland, some few years ago, pipes of a very 

 whimsical form were common. Hone, in his Table 

 Book, vol. ii. has engraved two which we here copy. 



One is shaped like a fiddle ; the other, like a pair of 

 bellows. He accompanies his cut with this explana- 

 tion : "A young friend brings me from Ireland, a 

 couple of pipes in common use among the labouring- 

 people in Dublin and Clonmel. Their shape and 



