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tlio natives bring it on board the steamers for sale, black with age,and unpleasant to the senses. This is not to be wondered at whenwe consider that it is taken from the tombs, where for centuries ithas adorned the grave-clothes of some defunct Ionian. This hunt-

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Colours! silk pillow guipure, or pis&emeuterie. Italy. South Kensington Museum.

ing the catacombs has now become a regular trade. It is saidthat much coarse lace of the same kind is still made in the islaiu s,steeped either in coffee or some drug, and, when thus discolourei,sold as from the tombs.