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power of Victoria of England. The Queen's pipe is^ 

 beyond all controversy — for we have seen it — equal to 

 any other thousand pipes that can be produced from the 

 pipial stores of this smoking world. She has not only 

 an attendant to present it whenever she may call for it, 

 but his orders are to have it always in the most admi- 

 rable smoking state — always lighted, without regard to 

 the quantity of tobacco it may consume ; and, accord- 

 ingly, her pipe is constantly kept smoking, day and 

 night, without a moment's intermission ; and there are, 

 besides the grand pipe-master, a number of attendants 

 incessantly employed in seeking the most suitable to- 

 bacco, and bringing it to the grand-master. There is no 

 species of tobacco which the Queen has not in her store 

 room. Shag, Pigtail^ Cavendish, Manilla, Havana, 

 Cigars, Cheroots, Negrohead, every possible species of 

 nicotian she gives a trial to, by way of variety. A single 

 cigar she holds in as much contempt as a lion would a 

 fly by way of mouthful. We have seen her grand-master 

 drop whole handfuls of Havanas at once into her pipe, 

 and after them as many Cubas. 



" It may abate the wonder of the reader at this stu- 

 pendous smoking power of the Queen, when we admit, 

 as must indeed have become apparent in the course of 

 our remarks, that the Queen performs her smoking as 

 she does many of her other royal acts, by the hands of 

 her servants. In truth, to speak candidly, the Queen 

 never smokes at all, except through her servants. And 

 this will appear very likely, when we describe the actual 

 size of her royal pipe. It is, indeed, of most imperial 

 dimensions. The head alone is so laree, that while its 



