60 TOBACCO : ITS HISTORY. 



of scent introduced. The celebrated " Liindy- 

 foot " derives its particular flavour chiefly from 

 the fermentation carried to a very high pitch 

 before the batch is turned ; and it is said that 

 its first discovery was owing to the neglect of the 

 man attending upon the batches, and who, by 

 getting drunk, made his master's fortune. An 

 accidental fire in the manufactory is also alleged 

 as the source of the discovery ; but Mr. Barlow 

 thinks these reports destitute of foundation, 

 stating that, in spite of the alleged fact, the 

 famous Lundyfoot cannot be imitated by other 

 manufacturers. Not being a snuflf- taker, my 

 opinion may not be worth much ; but I have 

 certainly made snufi' out of an Havannah cigar 

 which was thought by snuff'-takers to be Lundy- 

 foot. I merely placed the cigar in a plate in an 

 oven until it became perfectly dry and " crumbly " 

 to the touch, and then rubbed it into a fine 

 powder in a Wedgewood mortar. 



Almost the whole of the snuff sold in the 

 metropolis is ground in or near the town of 

 Mitcham, in Surrey.* 



* Dodd, iihi supra. 



