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corners, or, what is better, a short tin tube, with a slight 

 taper and the inside end made flaring, might be inserted ; 

 this may project through the board, ;^ or f of an inch, 

 when you will find it blow right well, and will probably 

 look something like this : 



The bellows thus made 

 is merely to supply the air 

 to the smoker proper fixed 

 to its upper surface on the 

 nearly spherical form, as 

 Fig- 67. shown overleaf. 



It is easy to build a fire in, and little liable to go 

 out. The obtuse nozzle is also easy to clean, and if the 

 fuel be cut small, it may be fed without taking off the cap 

 at all, which is desirable when the case is hot. The tin 

 cup, shown below, is 4 inches in diameter, and 2^ high, 

 and the nozzle is made to shut closely over it. I prefer 

 about a |-inch hole for the exit of smoke. It remains 

 now to show how to attach the whole to the bellows and 

 damper. 



Fig. 4 represents the bottom of the smoker cup. The 

 large hole in the centre is to allow the blast of air to 



Fig. 68. 



come up through, and the smaller ones are for four 

 common screws that attach it to the bellows. To 

 prevent the fire from falling through the large hole, a 

 piece of tin is cut as seen within Fig. 5, and punched full 



