HAVANA CIGARS. 263 
_ “Every box of cigars feces in Havana has, at least, six 
distinctive works on it. First is the brand, which is burned 
in the upper side of the lid of the box, with an iron made for 
the purpose; second the label, this bears the name and 
address of the manufactory ; third, the mark designating the 
size and shape of the cigars, this is usually put on with a 
stencil ; there are not so very many regular sizes, or vitolas, 
made in Havana as might be imagined, a list of them may 
prove interesting. These are: Damos, Entre Actos, Opera, 
Concha, Mga de Concha, Londres, Londres de Corte, 
Regalia de Londres, Regalia Britanica, Regalia del Rey, 
Regalia de la Reina, Reina Victoria, Panetelos, Trabucos, 
Embajadores, Especiales, Imperiales, Brevos, Prensados, 
Cilindrados, Millar Vegueros. The Damos (Dames) as their 
name indicates, are meant for the ladies, and are the smallest 
made. The Cozadores (huntsmen) are the longest, and 
the Trabucos (blunderbusses) the fattest. The Prensa- 
dos (pressed) are flat, and Cilindrados (cylindrical) are so 
called because, when green, they are put in bundles of twenty- 
five, and tightly rolled in strong tissue paper, which is twisted 
at each end of the roll. When the cigars are dry the paper 
is taken off, and the bunch retains the cylindrical shape given 
it. The Brevos (figs) are also tied up while green, and 
and tightly pressed. This makes them stick together some- 
thing like figs, hence their name. The Vegueros (plantation) 
take their name from the fact that they are supposed to be 
made like those made on the plantations, but they are not 
made in the same way. 
“Tn the Vegos (plantations) the veguero, or planter, makes 
his cigar of a single leaf of tobacco, which he carries ready 
moistened for the purpose, by rolling it on his knee. Besides 
the above, some fancy sizes have been adopted of late years, 
but they are made by only a few of the larger manufacturers 
in Havana. Fourth is the color mark, which is also put on 
in stencil. Fifth, the class mark. All the round cigars made 
in Havana are separated into three classes: Premera, or 
first; Segunda, or second; and Tercera, or third. Some 
manufacturers never mark any of their cigars as of the third 
class, not because they do not make them, but because they 
think they sell better without the mark. They make the 
first class Flor, the second Primera, and the third Segunda. 
Others mark all their cigars as of the first class, and indicate 
the classes by the color of the labels, and in this way none 
but the wholesale purchaser knows the secret. Sixth, the 
