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TOBACCO-PIPES, CIGARS, ETC. 



result was the pipe -head we engrave, in which a sub- 

 altern, pipe in hand, quietly " takes a sight " at the 



great commander, who is caricatured after a fashion 

 that must have made the work a real pleasure to a 

 Frenchman.* 



Quaint inventions abound in these French clay 

 pipes. One is formed like a carrot, the top forming a 



cover ; the root of the leaves being a funnel for the 

 smoke. A cucumber covered with bright green varnish 

 is a varied example of the powers of adaptation pos- 

 sessed by the artists who design for the French pipe- 



* The duke's hat receives the tobacco ; the hat of the subaltern, the 

 pipe-stem. 



