PROFITS MADE. 243 
Snuff-manufacturing has in some cases been attended with 
considerable affluence. One instance is the London man- 
ufacturer already mentioned, whose profits accumulated to 
the extent of nearly a quarter of a million; another is the 
Lundy Foote business, and the third a Scotch manufacturer 
(Gillespie), who by the way, practised a bit of benevolence,. 
in the shape of building an hospital, in return for the good 
things fortune had sent him. Of course an hospital, like 
many other things, may have a doubtful origin, as witness 
the famous Guy’s, which stands as a lasting monument to the 
wonderful profits that used to be made out of the iniquitous 
advance note system. But we do not by any means wish to 
make comparisons which must be odious and although the 
profits of snuff-manufacturing are for a variety of reasons 
amongst others the decreased consumption of the manu- 
factured article—not nearly as large as they were fifty years 
ago; yet we are sure that the fortunes accumulated by some 
of the old snuff-makers were the result of honest, upright 
industry. 
Of European tobacco used in the manufacture of snuff 
that of Holland and France (St. Omer) is considered to be. 
equal to any grown in Europe. Of the varieties grown 
in America, Virginia leaf is used quite extensively for some 
grades of snuff and “good stout rich snuff leaf” commands. 
excellent prices and meets with a ready sale. 
' A writer gives the following account of the love the Terra 
Del Fuegians have for tobacco. 
“This morning we were up early, a large party going, 
ashore for various scientific purposes, and the others taking 
the ship out in the channel to do a little dredging; both 
parties were very successful, and added much to our collec- 
tion. As we on the shore were about ready to come off, we 
were visited by a party of Fuegians, five men, four women, 
and nine children, with three dogs. They came in an English- 
built boat, stolen or lost from some English ship. ‘The men 
and dogs landed and came towards us with a great frankness, 
of manner. They could talk neither English nor Spanish, 
except the few words, boat, fire, tobac, galleto, arco. But 
they understood the imperial manner of one of our officers, 
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