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powder, which passes from beneath the grater, through 

 a small aperture into each. If the snuff-maker wished 

 to fill his box, he rasped a sufficient quantity to fill the 

 large receptacle at the bottom ; if he wished for a pinch 



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" fresh and fresh," he shook out a small quantity into 

 the little shell at the top, which was not large enough 

 to admit the fingers for a pinch, it was therefore turned 

 out upon the back of the hand, and so snuffed up 

 the nose. 



A similar snuff-rasp to this, with figures precisely 

 the same, proving the popularity of the design, is 



