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BOX COVERING. 



Bandboxes, and a great variety of pasteboard and light 

 wooden boxes, may be covered with vellum or tissue to great 

 advantage ; tissue being used for the lighter, and vellum for 

 heavier kinds. The goods may be applied to the wood or paste- 

 board either with paste or glue, in the same way that leather 

 and paper-hangings are applied. That travelers in the present 

 age should rest satisfied with the slight service rendered by 

 paper boxes, can only be accounted for by their cheapness. 

 Although their first cost is but little, they are in the end expen- 

 sive on account of the very short time they last, oftentimes 

 when exposed to wet, not answering for a single journey. By 

 covering paper boxes with vellum, and staying them in the man- 

 ner described, page , specimens of these have been found to 

 do service for years, like trunks. 



TRUNK COVERING. 



Vellum is suitable and cheap for the covering of trunks, and 

 vegetable leather as a substitute for animal leather for the 

 heavier and more expensive kinds of trunks. The goods may 

 also be used as a substitute for canvas, and made up with the 

 needle for outer coverings, or chaffing mats, for boxes and 

 trunks, where it is desirable to protect them from wet. 



