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comprehended under the name of Germans ; 

 indeed, German tobacco insinuates itself into 

 every possible compound of the shops, being as 

 cheap (but in the end as dear) as anything else 

 that we import from the land which Tacitus be- 

 praised for the same reason that makes Guizot 

 such an indefatigable expounder of English 

 history. 



In the valley of Guelderland about two mil- 

 lions of pounds of tobacco are raised. Of this 

 nearly one-half is bought by the French govern- 

 ment for the supply of France. The rest of the 

 Guelderland tobacco is shipped to North America, 

 nay, even to the island of Cuba — the home of 

 the far-famed Havannah ; — and, as our Scotch 

 and Irish whiskies are largely imported by the 

 French to deodorise, colour, and flavour, and 

 send back to us as prime Cognac of some fabu- 

 lous age — so, doubtless, the manufacturers of 

 Havannah "work up " the Dutch and German 

 commodity with a dash of their ov;n Jierba clivina, 

 and send it back to expire " in Fatherland," 

 enriched by its transmigration. 



The total yearly produce of tobacco all over 



