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The Illinois ufually form it into carots, 

 which is done by laying a number of leaves, 

 when cured, on each other, after the ribs 

 have been taken out, and rolling them round 

 with packthread, till they become cemented 

 together. Thefe rolls commonly meafure 

 about eighteen or twenty inches long, and 

 nine round in the middle part. But as many 

 other methods are at prefent well known in 

 England, that probably anfwer the purpofe 

 full as well as thefe, it is almoft unneceffary 

 to defcribe them. 



Thefe directions are here given for the 

 benefit of thofe who raife tobacco for their 

 own ufe, and chufe to make their fnuff with- 

 out applying to the manufa&urer for it. 



Among the articles of commerce tobacco 

 holds a diftinguifhed rank, and affords no 

 inconfiderable addition to the revenues of 

 the ftate. Before the prefent unhappy dif- 

 fentions broke out between Great-Britain 

 and America, about ninety-fix thoufand 

 hogfheads were annually imported from 



Maryland 



