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deemed no less necessary in the library than in the cellar. Multitudes of packages had arrived, by land and water, from London, and Liverpool, and Chester, and Manchester, and Birmingham, and various parts of the mountains: books—wine—cheese—globes—mathematical instruments—turkeys—telescopes—hams—tongues—microscopes—quadrants—sextants—fiddles—flutes—tea—sugar—electrical machines—figs—spices—air-pumps—soda-water—chemical apparatus—eggs—French-horns—drawing-books—pallets—oils and colours—bottled ale and porter—scenery for a private theatre—pickles and fish-sauce—patent lamps and chandeliers—barrels of oysters—sofas—chairs—tables—carpets—beds—looking-glasses—pictures—fruits and confections—nuts—oranges—lemons—packages of salt-salmon—and jars of Portugal grapes. These arriving with infinite rapidity, and in