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repugnance by sticking a skull in his mouth (Fig. 3). * 

 If he chooses to be hard on the Church, a sleek abbe 

 may appear to laugh and talk as his brain seems to 

 evaporate in smoke ; or an old Turk may excogitate 

 till his turban is on fire. A wreath of glory in the 

 form of tobacco smoke may encircle the head of some 

 prima donna, almost as evanescent as the fame or the 

 flower wreath of the theatre ; a bent leg may call forth 



remembrances of some beauty of the ballet ; a dog's 

 head, or that of an elephant or camel, will suit the 

 naturalist. The sportsman may be gratified by the 

 hound and horn (Fig. 4),t or by the wild boar's head ; 

 or the smoker may again " drink tobacco " from the 

 jug held in the hand which stretches forth from his 

 pipe-stem (Fig. 5). 



Satan, Sin, and Death have each been typified in 



* The eyes are sometimes hollow, and filled with green or red glass, 

 glaring hideously as the tobacco burns. 



+ The head of the hound holds the tobacco, the pipe-stem is inserted in 

 the mouth of the horn, and a small aperture through the dog's nose gives 

 the necessary draught in smoking. 



