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 never thrust but swing them, so that the worst wound is usually a clean and shallow cut. Once we knew of a valorous student who had the end of his nose cleanly taken off by a sweep of his opponent's weapon. The fragment was at once picked up, dusted, and fastened where it belonged with a piece of sticking plaster. In a week's time you would hardly have guessed that it had ever been off.

But a French surgeon tells a more wonderful experience. He transplanted the tail of one rat to the middle of the back of another. The tail continued to grow, and was as healthy as ever! Truly, it must have had a strong dose of the vital principle.

All this is very significant and pertinent to our theme; for it shows us how sanguine we may be in hoping to replace members which have been lopped off or injured.

What we have to say about red noses, and so forth, we shall defer for the chapter on the skin and complexion, where it properly belongs.

THE SENSE OF SMELL, AND PERFUMERY.

There is so much to be said about the sense of smell and odors, bad and good, that it is difficult to know where to begin—still more difficult to know where to stop. We have a friend who is an enthusiast on the topic. Sometimes he will button-hole us, and