ENGLISH AND IRISH PIPES. 



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right angles from elongated bodies, or heads alone, 

 demoniacal or canine, affixed to the tube. They are 

 generally covered with a bright green or yellow-red 

 glaze. The late war originated a pipe formed from 

 a gun, upon the stock is placed a soldier's cap, it is 

 stamped with its designation, " Sebastopol pipe," on 

 one side, and the maker's name, "Longworth, 

 London," on the other. The rarity of an original 

 design among ourselves, has induced the engraving 

 of this specimen. 



In Ireland, some few years ago, pipes of a very 

 whimsical form were common. Hone, in his Table 

 Book, vol. ii. has engraved two which we here copy. 



One is shaped like a fiddle ; the other, like a pair of 

 bellows. He accompanies his cut with this explana- 

 tion : " A young friend brings me from Ireland, a 

 couple of pipes in common use among the labouring 

 people in Dublin and Clonmel. Their shape and 



