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CHAPTER XXVIII. 



TRAVELLING APPARATUS. 



Umbrellas and parasols. Trunks. Paper trunks. Hat boxes. Muff boxes. Valises. Band- 

 boxes. Travelling bags. Improved travelling bags. Incompressible bags. Portmanteaus. 

 Saddle-bags. Mail-bags. Horse mail-bags. Bottles. Hot-vsrater bottles. Improved hot-water 

 bottles. Shaving boxes. Dressing boxes. Portable desks. Pocket instands. Expansion 

 trunks and valises. 



The advantages to be derived from the use of gum-elastic 

 for travelling apparatus are so obvious, that it may be emphat- 

 ically said, this is one of its most appropriate uses. 



The fabrics are not only suitable substitutes for other mate- 

 rials in the manufacture of many kinds of travelling apparatus, 

 which have been in common use, but they have also given 

 rise to improvements in their construction, and many things 

 have been invented from them, which add to the convenience 

 and comfort of travelling, and what is of more consequence, to 

 the safety both of person and property. Descriptions of an 

 assortment of these inventions will be found in this and the 

 following chapter. 



UMBRELLAS AND PARASOLS. 



See Chapter 



