VARIETIES OF SNUFF. 281 



actor, and cleverly impersonated old men, in the days 

 when the theatre was a school of acting, and not a 

 place for the display of Spectacles, as it too generally is 

 at present. Hardham's mixture was formed of Dutch 

 and rappee. MasuUpatam, is a dark moist highly 

 scented snuff, brought from the coast of Coromandel. 

 Martinique takes its name from the Island in which it 

 is fabricated. Princeza is made at Lisbon. Bolongaro, 

 takes its name from the maker, an Italian who resided 

 near Frankfort, but retired to Italy with a large for- 

 tune. Penalvar is a mixture of tobacco and red earth, 

 brought from Havanna, and of great pungency. As a 

 dentrifice, this so-called snuff is much and successfully 

 used* Prince's mixture, a compound of rappee, 

 scented with attar of roses, was named after George IV. 

 when Prince Regent. Gillesjne takes its name from 

 that of the original manufacturer at Edinburgh, who 

 made a large fortune thereby.! Cuba takes its name 

 from the place of its birth. Latakia is made from the 

 light tobacco of Persia. Many snuffs have taken their 

 names from the noblemen who have patronised, or 

 invented, a particular mixture ; of all the number, none 

 were more remarkable than the late Earl of Harrington, 

 who spared no expense in procuring snuffs of all kinds, 

 and devoted one room of his mansion in Whitehall 



* I am indebted to a clever little book published by Tyas of Cheapside 

 in 1840, and termed A Pinch of Snuff, for these particulars. 



+ Henry Erskine proposed the motto for the arms on his carriage : — 



" Who could have thought it 

 That noses had bought it ? " 



