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CHAPTER V. 



PEEPAEATION AND USE. 



This chapter embraces the manufacture of cut, cake and 

 roll tobacco, cigars, cigarettes, and snuff. It is impossible 

 to indicate the precise form in which each kind of tobacco- 

 leaf is manufactured for use ; indeed, no well-defined line 

 marks the qualifications of each sort, and the great art 

 of the manufacturer is to combine the various growths 

 in a manner to produce an article suited to the tastes of 

 his customers, at a price suited to their pockets. But, in 

 a general way, it may be said that Havana and Manilla 

 are probably exclusively consumed in the form of cigars ; 

 Virginia is a favourite for cavendish, negrohead, and 

 black twist, and is largely converted into returns, shag, 

 and snuff; Kentucky, Missouri, and Ohio are used for 

 cavendish, brown twist, bird's-eye, returns, and shag ; 

 Dutch and German make the commonest cigars, k'naster, 

 moist snuffs, and smoking-mixtures ; Java and Japan 

 are selected for light cigars, mixtures, and light moist 

 shag ; Latakia, Turkey, Paraguay, Brazil, China, and 

 the remainder, are used up in cigarettes, mixtures, imita- 

 tions, and substitutes. 



Damping. — The tobacco-leaves are received by the 

 manufacturer in all kinds of packages, from a hogshead 

 to a seron (raw hide), and of all weights from 1 to 12 

 cwt. The first process they undergo is " damping,' 

 which is necessary to overcome their brittleness, and 



