PROFITS MADE. 



Snuff-manufacturing has in some cases been attended with 

 considerable affluence. One instance is the London man- 

 ufacturer already mentioned, whose profits accumulated to 

 the extent of nearly a quarter of a million ; another is the 

 Lundy Foote business, and the third a Scotch manufacturer 

 (Gillespie), who by the way, practised a bit of benevolence, 

 in the shape of building an hospital, in return for the good 

 things fortune had sent him. Of course an hospital, like 

 many other things, may have a doubtful origin, as witness 

 the famous Guy's, which stands as a lasting monument to the 

 wonderful profits that used to be made out of the iniquitous 

 advance note system. But we do not by any means wish to 

 make comparisons which must be odious and although the 

 profits of snuff-manufacturing are for a variety of reasons 

 amongst others the decreased consumption of the manu- 

 factured article not nearly as large as they were fifty years 

 ago ; yet we are sure that the fortunes accumulated by some 

 of the old snuff-makers were the result of honest, upright 

 industry. 



Of European tobacco used in the manufacture of snuff 

 that of Holland and France (St. Omer) is considered to be 

 equal to any grown in Europe. Of the varieties grown 

 in America, Virginia leaf is used quite extensively for some 

 grades of snuff and " good stout rich snuff leaf " commands 

 excellent prices and meets with a ready sale. 



A writer gives the following account of the love the Terra 

 Del Fuegians have for tobacco. 



" This morning we were up early, a large party going 

 ashore for various scientific purposes, and the others taking 

 the ship out in the channel to do a little dredging ; both 

 parties were very successful, and added much to our collec- 

 tion. As we on the sEore were about ready to come off, we 

 were visited by a party of Fuegians, five men, four women, 

 and nine children, with three dogs. They came in an English- 

 built boat, stolen or lost from some English ship. The men 

 and dogs landed and came towards us with a great frankness 

 of manner. They could talk neither English nor Spanish, 

 except the few words, boat, fire, tobac, galleto, arco. But 

 they understood the imperial manner of one of our officers, 



