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It consists of a long tube, which takes apart in the 
middle and has bellows underneath. The air is 
communicated to the tube through an upward valve. 
Fungus, decayed wood, or rags will answer. To 
prevent the fire going out when not in use, set the 
smoker down on end. 
“The tin guard over the tube is intended to 
prevent the hand being burnt in case the smoker is 
incautiously laid hold of.” The price is 5s. 6d. 
Annexed is a figure of the ‘‘Cheshire Prize 
Smoker,” sold by Mr. Lee (price 2s.). Its inventor 
thus describes it (‘Practical Bee-Keeping’): ‘A 
piece of india-rubber tube, about one inch in 
diameter, and six inches long, is fitted over the 
bowl of an ordinary pipe, rather brier-root than 
clay, while the end is closed with a wooden plug or 
short cork, tied well in with wire or string. If, after 
the pipe has been charged, a fusee be dropped into 
it, and the india-rubber tube placed in position, the 
hand can easily work the latter by alternately 
compressing and releasing it; at each squeeze & 
