220 BOXES AND GRATERS. 
told that Marechal d’ Huxelles used to cover his cravat and 
dress with it. The Royal Physician, Monsieur Fagon, is 
reported to have devoted his best energies to a public oration 
of a very violent kind against snuff, which unfortunately 
failed to convince his auditory, as the excited lecturer in his 
most enthusiastic moments refreshed his nose with a pinch. 
Although disliked by the most polished prince of Europe, 
the use of snuff increased and soon spread ‘outside the limits 
of the court of France and in a short time became a favorite 
mode of using tobacco as it continues to be with many at 
this day.* The snuff-boxes of this period were very elegant 
and were decorated with elaborate paintings or set with gems. 
It was the custom to carry both a snuff-box and a tobacco’ 
grater, which was often as expensive and elegant as the snuff- 
box itself. Many of them were richly carved and ornamented 
in the most superb manner. Others 
bore the titles and arms of the owner 
and it was considered as part of a 
courtier’s outfit to sport a magnificent 
box and grater. The French mode 
of manufacturing snuff was to satu- 
rate the leaves in water, then dry 
them and color according to the | 
shade desired. The perfume was 
then added and the snuff was pre- 
pared for use. The kind of tobacco 
used was “Tobac de Virginie.” Spanish snuff was perfumed 
in the same manner with the additional use of orange-flower 
water. Carver gives the mode of manufacturing snuff in 
America (1779). 
“Being possessed of a tobacco wheel, which is a very 
simple machine, they spin the leaves, after they are properly 
cured, into a twist of any size they think fit; and having 
A TOBACCO GRATER. 
* The Rey. S. Wesley apenking of the abuses of tobacco, intimates that the human ear, will 
not long, remain exempted from its affliction. 
“To such a height with some is fashion grown 
They feed they very nostrils with a spoon, 
One, and but one degree is wanting yet. 
To make their senseless luxury complete; 
Some choice regale, useless as snuff and dear, 
To feed the mazy windings of the ear, 
