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end in lieu of tobacco — Of smoking in bed — Mission's 

 remarks about the effects of tobacco on Englishmen — His 

 verses in praise of smoking — Dr. Aldrich, Dean of 

 Christchurch, Oxford — His song on tobacco, to be 

 smoked while singing — His higher claims to admiration. 



CHAPTER X . . .184 



THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY AND SMOKING PIPES 



Various kinds and sources of supply — Qualities due to climate, 

 soil or other causes — Natural qualites determine destina- 

 tion — Strong kinds find favour in North America, mild 

 in Europe — Cuba's leaf richest in excellences desired by 

 smokers — Cuba's make-up the model for the rest of 

 the tobacco producing world — The effect of the McKinley 

 tariff on Cuban cigar manufacture — The highly prized and 

 priced Havana legitimas — Small area over which the 

 Havana plant is grown — Harvesting and curing operations 

 in Florida — Packing of bales for exportation — Bonded 

 warehousing accommodation and its regulations — Different 

 kinds of cigars suited to different seasons and climates — 

 Manila cheroots, their kinds and manufacture— Govern- 

 ment monopoly and its removal — Illicit growth of the 

 plant by mountaineers — Number of employes, their work 

 and wages — Cheroots used in lieu of coin — Various kinds 

 of tobacco offered to the consumer — Invisible life infests 

 tobacco leaves — Tobacco culture prohibited in England 

 except in Physic Gardens — Removed in 1886 — Failure 

 of English cultivation — Manufacture of cigars — Inequality 

 of Customs duty — Historical view of tobacco pipes — 

 Clay piyes — Meerschaum, its origin and manufacture — 

 Briar-root and other materials used for pipes. 



