Year: 1879

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and another having a serrated edge,
and they were used of different sizes to
suit the different parts of the work. y
Rutherford states that the pain was
most acute, and that, although the
operators were very quick and dex-
ferrous. he was four hours under their
hands, and he was completely blinded
for time by the operation. In three
days the swelling 0ccasioned by it had
greatly subsidized and he began to re-
cover his sight, but six weeks elapsed
before he was completely we'll.


Although it is not of the custom ef
our fellow-countrymen of the present
day to tattoo their faces, yet it is not
an uncommon thing to find that SOL
diers, and sailors, and travellers bear
pictorial illustrations on their arms. I
examined the forearm of a sailor not
very long since; on it was really work
of Britannia, trident, helmet and
and all, Ruling the Waves''-an ele.
CANT design. An ornamental wreath
Of flowers encircled 8 Britannia and
her Anchor" On the other arm was q
picture of q three-masted ship at sea,
in full sail. The coloring of these skin.
pictures was light blue and red.
once, when Assistant Surgeon of the
Second Life Guards, passed recruit
who was a perfect walking illustrated
London Nea0s. do not recollect the
details; all I remember is that the
whole of his breast was completely
covered with illustrations representing
the royal arms of England, q picture
worthy of the A. r.


believe it is the custom of gentle
men who visit Jerusalem the first time
to have certain mark put upon their
arm just on the spot where people are
generally vaccinated. If the mark il
not placed on this spot, it is tattooed
on the wrist. have read somewhere
that many-curved and fiexuous lines as
tattooed by the New Zealanders on the
faces of themselves and relatives were
at first suggested by the peculiar mark.
ings made between the bark and the
body OF some trees, these markings be.
ing produced by boring beetle.


The wood-tattooing insect is the
8colytus destructor. This is '.a beetle
which deposits its eggs in group in a
hole or crevice of q bark; when the
young are hatched, they begin their
operations, each taking its own course
from the common starting point, and
gnaws its way as it proceeds, without
interfering with the run of its neighbor;
for, as the larva increases in the diam
eter of the excavation, the galleries di-
verge until they ultimately terminate. y


The practice Of tattooing is sometimes
adopted by the fair sex Of the present
day. Ladies who are about to have the
initials of their ethearts permanently
engraved on their arms should be care
full to make up their minds not to change
their sweethearts, unless the same mi
tials will suit. When House Surgeon
at st. Georges, q charming creature
came to me in great distress. She said
there was nothing the matter with her,
but she was in great trouble, because her
young man had been faithless. He had
persuaded her to allow his initials, with
true lovers knot, to be tattooed on
her arm. She had quarreled with him
and was now anxious to erase all traces
Of their attachment.


The design on the arm was too big
for any operation, and the girl. fol
aught know, still continues to carry
about q fine specimen of the art of tat.
toOing now in our own time.-FrG,
Bstcklas,d. IN Land and Water.