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ject at all, lest his book should fall into the 

 hands of some philosopher who might 

 censure him for introducing so frivolous a 

 subject ; but it gives the following advice : 

 " We all know that a jean, nankeen, or any 

 kind of thin jacket, is the pleasantest wear 

 for September, one of fustian for October, 

 and one of velveteen for the winter ; and 

 that for a man who, at all times, uses but 

 one kind of jacket, fustian would be about 

 the medium. That called baragan fustian 

 is by far the best and most useful. After 

 having tried almost everything that is com- 

 monly used, and some of the wretched 

 articles that are pulped by advertisement, 

 I have found nothing better for a light 

 summer jacket than what is made at 

 Manchester by the name of satteen, jeanet, 

 or florentine, which is printed on each side 

 in imitation of cloth. This stuff far surpas- 

 ses the others for lightness, comfort dur- 

 ability, and everything that can be required 

 for warm weather; but as there is no 

 particular interest in making it rather the 

 reverse, it is most everywhere very easily 

 procured ; so that your tailor would probably 

 be obliged to order it, in doing which he 

 cannot choose it of too good a quality. 



