286 TOBACCO. 



as guggur. It is a shrub 

 that yields the googal 

 gum resin sold in Eng- 

 land as East Indian 

 myrrh. 

 Shiraz and Latakia These fine kinds of tobacco, 

 tobacco. says Dr Stock, would 



certainly succeed ad- 

 mirably in the congenial 

 climate of Sindh, which 

 country produces much 

 tobacco, but the rude 

 mode of sweating spoils 

 the article. The tobac- 

 co at present grown in 

 Sindh is generally of the 

 most indifferent quality ; 

 but quality is very little 

 looked for either by the 

 prince or peasant, tho' 

 smoking is the principal 

 feature in a Sindhian's 

 existence. Persian to- 

 bacco is certainly pre- 

 ferred when it is attain- 

 able, but the wealthy 



