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TOBACCO IN EUROPE. 



alluded to. These cuts were printed in the centre of 

 various-sized papers, and used to envelope the weed. 



The sailor's love for tobacco has always been steady 

 and excessive. It is a most important item in navy- 

 estimates, and one of the " greatest necessities " in 

 Jack's estimation ; but in this love, he is not without 

 rivals on land, for some few would sacrifice their dinner 

 for their pipe, if the two could not be indulged in. 



Spence, in his Parallel between Magliabechi and 

 Hill (1757),* declares of the latter, who was a poor 

 Buckinghamshire tailor, " that he has past many and 

 many whole days, in this and the former year, with- 

 out tasting anything but water and tobacco." The 

 sailor's devotion to tobacco, is amusingly illustrated by 



* First printed by Walpole, at the Press of Strawberry Hill, and after 

 wards by Dodsley, in bis Fugitive Pieces. 



