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principal leaves, yet as moft other commo- 

 dities are fubjedi to abufe or adulteration, 

 they Frequently, to increafe their profit, 

 fuffer the fprouts to grow, and mix the 

 fmaller leaves of thefe with the others, which 

 renders them much inferior in goodnefs. 



The crops that I have reafon to believe 

 may be raifed in England, will greatly ex- 

 ceed in flavour and efficacy any that is im- 

 ported from the fouthern colonies : for 

 though northern climates require far more 

 care and exadlnefs to cultivate and bring 

 tobacco to a proper ftate of maturity than 

 warmer latitudes, yet this tardinefs of growth 

 tends to impregnate the plants with a greater 

 quantity of falts, and confequently of that 

 aromatic flavour for which it is prized, 

 than is to be found in the produce of hotter 

 climes, where it is brought to a ftate of 

 perfection, from the feed, in half the time 

 required in colder regions. 



A pound of tobacco raifed in New-Eng- 

 land or Nova-Scotia is fuppofed to contain 



as 



