tioned. On the other hand, references to chimé among the upper 
class omit reference to this need. 
The statement of a lady (pers. comm.) who remembered her An- 
dean grandmother’s use of chim6, is enlightening. Her grandmother 
kept near her one of a set of small crystal bowls, which was replaced 
each time she used it. 
Jabn (37) illustrates an account of snuff with a representation of a 
Restoration dandy with what is described as a “spitting basin’? in 
one hand, a snuff box in the other. Such omission of unpleasant de- 
tails is also characteristic of descriptions of snuff-dipping. The account 
of Virginia belles’ dipping snuff quoted in the text, isa good example 
of this silence on the subject. 
Contrasted with these are accounts of and stories about tobacco 
chewing, a custom identified with “‘the common man’’ and with 
virility and masculinity, in which expectoration is freely referred to 
and is even the subject of anecdotes and jokes. 
11. Placing chimod behind the teeth. Valero (pers. comm.) makes a 
qualifying comment, since so many country folk lose teeth early: 
6 bry 5 eé ° . 
Those who lack front teeth,’’ he says, place it behind the gums’’. 
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Cajyetas. Probably the truth about chim6é boxes other than the 
commonly used round ones, lies somewhere between Pinedo’s state- 
ment and my own experience. Valero’s description of what evidently 
seemed to him a common variant is borne out by the fact that I ac- 
quired a number of fancifully shaped cajetas in Boconé—a town far 
removed from tourist influence or a market for collectors. 
When they were brought to me to be examined and admired, I had 
the impression that here were boxes designed for use and were simply 
more interesting than round boxes. They cost two or three times as 
much as the round ones; but they had much more detail than the 
plain ones, the cajyelas corrientes. 
Among my cajetas there is a very small turtle with red spots on his 
back, picked up in a Caracas pawnshop. The inside of this box is 
dark with the remains of chimé. Unused boxes in my collection in- 
clude one with paletica made of horn to match the box, attached by 
a silver chain toa silver medallion in the center of the top of the box. 
Some snuff boxes in museum collections are accompanied by tiny 
spoons or shovels; and chim6 boxes made of horn tips find a counter- 
part in snuff boxes. Stern, in his Sentimental Journey, for example, 
describes a snuff box shaped like a cornucopia with a lid—surely not 
the only one in existence in his time. 
18. San Benito. There are two other verses referring to the saint’s 
black teeth: 
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