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A MANUAL OF BEE-KEEPING. 



and may be directed where desired. Another instru- 

 ment was invented by the Hon. and Rev. H. Bligh, 



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either as a simple " Quieter," or fumigator to insensi- 

 bility ; for the first purpose, the nozzle is removed and 

 the tobacco placed within it, then being replaced, the 

 working of the bellows will eject the smoke where 

 directed. For the latter purpose (seldom, in my opinion, 

 desirable) the tube is first fixed into a wooden delivery 

 pipe ; the puff-ball torn in small pieces is then crowded 

 into the tube. A lighted vesuvian thrust into it, the 

 wooden mouth- piece inserted, and the instrument is ready 

 for use. The simplest smoker of all is a roll of cotton 

 rags, an inch or more in diameter, and rolled just tightly 

 enough to burn and not to blaze. At times a little 

 tobacco is sprinkled between the rags, and rolled up 

 with them ; the great fault in these smokers is their con- 

 stant inclination to go out, so that ofttimes when most 

 required no smoke comes. In America they use instru- 

 ments so contrived that they will keep alight a long 

 time. There are three of note, known as the " Quinby," 

 " Bingham," and " Novice's" Smokers; they are all good, 



