78 OLD WEST SURREY 



The older lanterns were generally of some 

 size and glazed with horn. Pocket lanterns, 

 glazed with mica, were also used. These were 

 ingeniously made so as to fold flat and slip 

 into the thin sheet-iron case, which had also a 

 compartment for the candle. Lanterns were much 

 more needed in the older days for people who 

 were abroad after dark, for roads were much worse 

 kept, and deep ruts and holes full of water 

 offered many a pitfall to the unwary or unlighted 

 wayfarer. 



The barbarous room lantern with its many 



great eyes throwing out shafts of light, so 



terrifying to a nervous child, is happily a thing 

 Oven Peel of the past 



Pocket Lantern 



