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Original Text:
LA DOUANE.
Arrivé à la douane, le voyageur est visité, fouillé, déshabillé et dévalisé - Ses habits n'entrent pas, parce qu'on en fabrique en Chine; - Sa perruque parce qu'on n'en fabrique pas; - Ses bottes, parce que le cuir est prohibé; - Son clyso pompe, parce que c'est un objet mécanique d'un usage suspect...... on saisit tout et on lui fait payer des droits pour le reste, après quoi il est libre comme l'air........

Translation:
CUSTOMS.
After having arrived at customs, the traveller is examined, probed, undressed and robbed. - His clothes are not allowed in, because they make them also in China. His wig is confiscated, because they don't make them in this country. His boots, because leather is prohibited. His enema pump, because it is a mechanical object of suspicious use.... they seize it all and make him pay duty on the remainder, after which he is as free as air.