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felt it crawling on me, and then cease to feel it because it is 

 on the clothing and not on the skin, I am in momentary dread 

 as to where it shall turn up next; and it is a real relief when 

 ic stings me, for I know then the precise spot where it is, and 

 have no further expectations from it. 



BEE-YEIL. 



So I seldom go among the bees without a veil. I may not 

 have it over my face, but it is on the hat, ready to be pulled 



Fig. 76 — Push-Board. 



down at any time. The veil is made of inexpensive material, 

 called by milliners cape-lace or cape-net. It is 21 inches wide. 

 A piece is cut off as long as the circumference of the brim of a 

 straw hat, and both ends sewed together. Shirr a rubber cord 

 in one end of this open bag, thoroughly soak or wash out the 

 starch, and sew the other end on the edge of the hat brim. It 

 is important for the eyesight that the stuff of the veil be black ; 

 but the black coloring crocks one's clothing. So of late years 

 a border of white cloth is sewed on the veil to receive the nibber 

 cord. 



The rubber cord holds the veil close about one's neck, yet 



