A very gentlemanly Hat, and although there is not the dignity of the
Regent about it, there is, notwithstanding, much to admire: Indeed, the
scale of proportions are very similar in both; the only _real_
difference existing in the _crown_, which is about one-half of an inch
lower than the latter; and, in the _nautical phraseology_, may not
inaptly be termed a Regent cut down. It is very singular, and worth
remarking, that trifling as the Kent differs from the Regent in actual
measurement, the contrariety of effect, when on the head, is great and
striking; which unquestionably proves, that a very slight deviation from
a given rule will produce results more opposed to each other than the
deviation is to the rule itself. The style in which this Hat should be
worn is as follows:—if the head be of an _oval_ form, place it thereon,
as near as possible, in an horizontal position; but if a _round_ head
(which of all descriptions is most dreaded by a _castermonger_) let the
Hat be thrown a _little_ back, with a slight inclination on the side
most agreeable, which will tend to prevent its assuming that
_trencher_-like appearance too common from such causes. The _personal_
requisites suitable to the Kent, may be found on referring to the
Cobourg; with this difference, that, as the brim is of larger
dimensions, the wearer, if he pleases, may be six feet high.