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couche de fleurs, et sur les fleurs une autre feuille de 

 papier sur laquelle on etend un pareil lit de tabac, 

 continuant ainsi jusqu'a ce que tout soit employe ; de 

 cette nianiere la poudre de tabac n'est point melee 

 parmi les fleurs que Ton change de 12 lieures en 12 

 lieures, si on a beaucoup de fleurs, si non de 24 en 24 

 lieures pendant quatre ou cincque jours, et ensuite on 

 retire les feuilles de papier, et on met les fleurs et le 

 tabac dans un sas dont la toile de crin soit assez fine, 

 pour retenir les fleurs et laisser passer le tabac." 



Spanish snuff was flavoured with musk, civet, and 

 essence of millefleurs. Essence of cedar and berga- 

 mot was also used for snuffs bearing the name of each. 

 Neroly was named from the essential oil distilled from 

 orange -flowers. A snuff called " Odeur de Koine," 

 probably from being a favourite with prelates, was 

 made by adding to one pound of snuff six ounces of 

 musk, and five of civet, mixed with a little sugar. 

 Another termed " Odeur de Malthe," had to the same 

 quantity of snuff, six grains of civet and sugar, five 

 grains of amber, and orange-flower water. Baillard * 

 notes that snuff was also mixed with ginger, cubebs, 

 cummin, mustard, hellebore, spirits of wine, &c, to 

 make what he terms, and we may fairly believe to be, a 

 " puissant sternutatoire." 



This abominable mode of making snuff by destroy- 

 ing tobacco, was also common in England. Thus in 

 John White's Art's Treasury of Rarities and curious 



* In his Biscours du Tabac, 12mo, 1668. 



