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similar to that of ordinary flake tobacco, the dis- 

 tinguishing feature being the addition of flavouring 

 and sweetening matter. These ' sauces ' are trade 

 secrets, but they are usually analogous to liquorice. 

 Connoisseurs used to find in cavendish the purest 

 and sweetest flavour, as the tobacco was not subject 

 to all the wettings and pressings that other tobaccos 

 undergo. Now, however, that cavendish is cut and 

 flaked like other tobaccos, that virtue can no longer 

 be claimed for it. As any tobacco containing sweet- 

 ening comes under the Customs' designation of 

 negrohead or cavendish, the bright-flake sweetened 

 tobaccos, now very popular, are so-called, though 

 they scarcely resemble true cavendish, which is very 

 black and strong. 



Large quantities of loose tobaccos are now put up 

 into packets, ready to be handed across the counter 

 to the smoker. This is of quite recent origin ; until 

 thirty or forty years ago every smoker had his 

 'herbe' weighed out to him from bulk, as he still 

 has his cheese and bacon. After describing the 

 manufacture, Fairholt merely says, 'the tobacco is 

 then sent in casks to the shopkeeper.' Large quan- 

 tities are still sold from the scales, but the sale of 

 packeted tobacco is increasing every year. 



The packing-room is one of the most interesting 

 features of a tobacco factory. Into tins, whether 

 I -ounce cases or ^-pound canisters, tobacco is, of 

 course, packed by hand, girls weighing out the flakes 

 into portions, enclosing in paper, and placing in the 

 neat tin boxes of familiarity. Cigarettes are encased 

 in the same way. But in the wrapping of tobacco 



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