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 study of the above "tree" it is easy to get at all the maxims relating to place where, I will not give them at length, but only a few by way of example, such as the following:—I. Super mensam et sub mensâ eodem tempore fumare, impossibile est. To smoke on the table and under the table at the same time is impossible. II. Qui fumat in æthere, non fumat in aquâ. He who smokes in the air does not smoke in the water. III. Tribunis sellâ curuli sedentibus, fumare vetitum est. It was forbidden the tribunes to smoke while sitting on the curule chair. IV. Cavendum est ut fundum habeat, si vis sellâ fumare. If you wish to smoke in a chair see that it has a seat. V. Auriculariæ vj domum æstivam non fecerunt. Six earwigs don't make a summer-house. VI. Tam boni in mari continentur tubuli, quam illi e mari extracti. There are as good pipes in the sea as ever came out of it. Of these the fourth has been disputed on the ground that any one who sits down in a chair without a seat experiences a sensation of