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liams, Knight, who also took the name of 

 Powell, and was made a baronet ; and also 

 in strict conformity with family precedent, left 

 daughters only. One of these daughters 

 married Mr. Thomas Symonds, son of Robert 

 Symonds, High Sheriff of Herefordshire in 

 1685 and great-great-grandfather of Robert 

 the Master, whose great-grandmother was a 

 half-sister of the Duke of Chandos. A family 

 reminiscence of the Duke remains in the shape 

 of a valuable receipt for tobacco, which he 

 gave to his nephew, Robert Symonds (uncle of 

 the Master). This receipt is designed to 

 prevent the injury which, as is well known, 

 generally results to the nervous system from 

 the use of the noxious weed. As foxhunters 

 often smoke, and always require their nerves 

 to be in the best possible condition, it would 

 be extremely unkind to withhold this invalu- 

 able recipe, which is as follows : — 



"Lord Chandos's Mixture for Tobacco. 



" Lignum Aloes, Storax, Amber, Sassafras Bark, 

 each three ounces, Sage, Rosemary, Lavender flowers 

 each three ounces, to one pound of tobacco. 



" N.B. — This mixture is thought to prevent ye 

 tobacco from injuring ye nervous system. 



" Lord Chandos was advised to it at Constanti- 

 nople, by ye Physician to ye Grand Turk, and was 

 assured it was what ye Turk used with success, 

 having reed some injury by ye too frequent (or 

 rather almost continual) use of tobacco by ye pipe." 



