404 



KEPOKT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1890. 



out-of-the-way places long after the introduction of matches. In parts 

 of France it is still in use with the briquet, being much more economical 

 to people of simple habits than matches (Fig. Gl). The briquet ha,s not 



r±rZ~jte^ 



Fig. 01. 



SULPHUU "Sl'l'NKS." 

 (Cat. No. 151438, U. S. N. M. Frame. Collected by Edward Lovett.) 



been altogether superseded by matches. Hunting parties and explor- 

 ing parties to distant countries carry, besides matches, strike-alights 

 for use in case matches are exhausted or meet with some of the many 

 accidents to which they are liable. Patents are still sought, from time 

 to time, for pipe lighting contrivances, involvi ng the use of silex and 

 steel struck together by some more or less simple mechanical device. 



A variation of the " spunk" match was curled shavings tipped with 

 sulphur (Fig. G2). 



Fig. 62. 

 Shaving matches. (Original Bundle.) 



(Cat. No. 130308. V. S. N. M. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Gift of George G. Fryer.) 



It is not strange that there was a prejudice against matches at first, 

 because they were poorly made, hung lire, easily absorbed moisture, 

 emitted noxious odors, and were costly. The worst ones were, however, 



