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in the former part of this treatise, amidst other definitions, a pipe was defined thus:—Instrumentum per quod tabaci fumus ore trahitur—an instrument by which the smoke of tobacco is inhaled—which definition is well adapted for that material portion of Pipe Philosophy in which it has been placed. But for our present purposes it will be better defined as "That by which it is possible for tobacco to have position or positive existence;" which it will readily be perceived is a more abstract and metaphysical statement than the former. A pipe, then, is a thing instrumental to our participation in the energy developed by tobacco in the state of positive existence. Now all will acknowledge that of pipes some are good, some bad, and some indifferent; let it be