Show THIS PIPE HAS A HISTO HISTORY RY was smoked by sir walter raleigh who first introduced use of tobacco into england A pipe with a history Is in the possession of a colic collector C tor in lo 10 london n do n which was once the property of sir walter raleigh and Is not unlike the letter Y in shape for centuries it has been kept in nn an inlaid box bos dated anno 1527 it is constructed in four pieces of wood rudely carved with logs dogs heads and with the faces of indians on the bowl there Is a cap about as large as the bowl itself and attached to the stem is a string of beads made of the same wood as the pipe in this stem a powerful whistle has been cut and the suggestion Is made that sir walter used it to summon MO n ills his servants the archaeological society exhibited this pipe at guildhall in the middle of the last century the inscription accompanying p it hearing bearing these words the 0 longinal pipe of the above celebrated historian of the world and who first introduced tobacco and potatoes into england tradition corroborated by a pa parchment reli ment in the possession of the owner states that this pipe was smoked by sir walter on the scaffold just before ills his execution and handed to one of his relatives as a n moment memento of him |