118 tobacco: its history. 



its enticements must depend upon the right dis- 

 tribution of parts — or, to borrow and adapt a 

 phrase from that veritable genius of the stomach 

 the immortal Soyer (who should have been 

 knighted for his Crimean exploits), " the in- 

 gredients are so nicely blended, and such a de- 

 lightful concord exists, that it equally delights the 

 palate " of those who like it, "as a masterpiece 

 of a Mozart or a Rossini should delight the ear."* 

 I confess this chewing of tobacco is to me in- 

 comprehensible ; and this only shows how we are 

 apt to find fault with those who " go the whole 

 hog," whilst we ourselves only put in a paw — 

 for between the tip of a cigar on the lips and a 

 plug in the jaw, there is only a matter of small 

 measurement. But, on the other hand, smokers 

 have all antiquity on their side. Fume of some 

 sort, from the earliest times, was an emblem of 

 supernal satisfaction ; and no sacrifice was other- 

 wise ever brought to a perfect consummation. 

 And not only in accordance with the religious 

 instincts and adaptations of man was the fume 

 of something burnt, in order to please, as he 



♦ The Modern Housewife. 



