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time juft mentioned, the leaves may be 

 ftripped from the ftalks for ufe. Many 

 omit this laft operation, but I think it takes 

 away any remaining harfhnefs, and renders 

 the tobacco more mellow. The ftrength 

 of the ftalk alfo is diffufed by it through the 

 leaves, and the whole mafs becomes equally 

 meliorated. 



When the leaves are ftripped from the 

 ftalks, they are to be tied up in bunches or 

 hands, and kept in a cellar, or any other 

 place that is damp ; though if not handled 

 in dry weather, but only during a rainy 

 feafon, it is of little confequence in what 

 part of the houfe or barn they are laid up. 

 At this period the tobacco is thoroughly 

 cured, and equally as proper for manufac- 

 turing as that imported from the colonies. 



Having gone through the whole procefs, 

 if it has been properly managed, that raw 

 fiery tafte fo frequently found in the com- 

 mon fale tobacco will be totally eradicated, 

 and though it retains all its ftrength, will 



be 



