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ticularly large and fine kind is to be obtained from 

 the priests ; such being made from the picked leaves 

 which are presented to the Church, and manufactured 

 by the monks themselves. A smaller kind of ex- 

 cellent cigars is made for the use of ladies, and are 

 termed Queens. Straw cigars are also made here for 

 ladies' use ; the straw being inserted as a mouth-piece ; 

 a few years ago they were the only ones smoked in 

 London, but are now seldom seen. 



Spanish cigars are those which are made in the 

 King's factory at Seville (Cigarros Sevillanos); they 

 are generally sold in ataclos, or bundles containing 

 fifty-one. The Virginian leaf is only used, and the 

 difference in make between these and Havanna cigars 

 is that the outer leaf or covering of the Havanna cigar 

 is wound from right to left ; that of the Seville from 

 left to right. 



American cigars are those manufactured out of 

 Havanna, in Caraccas, Buenos Ayres, Porto Eico, &c. 

 They vary in size and quality, " taking all shapes 

 and bearing many names." Cheroots are peculiar in 

 their manufacture, not made by hand, but wound on 

 a wire, both ends being cut flat. They are made from 

 the mildest Maryland tobacco, and are extensively 

 imitated in France and Germany.* They are some- 

 times sold for Turkish cigars. 



The manufacture and consumption of cigars in 



* Sometimes mustard seed is rolled in with them, to strengthen the 

 flavour ; and they have been made to order in Hamburg with carrawayand 

 anise-seed. 



