268 SNUFF AND SNUFF-BOXES. 



In addition to the snuffs already described, we may 

 note others introduced about the middle of the 

 last century, and among them Violet Strasburgh, a 

 snuff originally manufactured in the old German town 

 whence it is named, and consisting of rappee and 

 bitter almonds reduced to fine powder, to which amber- 

 gris and attar-gul was added as a scent ; it was snuff 

 much in request with ladies at this period, and con- 

 stantly patronised by the late Queen Charlotte, whose 

 example made snuff-taking a fashionable thing among 

 court ladies ; the queen also used Spanish snuff, and 

 was in the habit of adding a tea-spoonful of green tea 

 to her box every morning.* Macauba was another 

 highly scented snuff, brought from the island of Mar- 

 tinique, which was extensively patronised by dowagers. 

 The list of prices and names given by Wimble, the 

 snuff-seller, about 1740, is curious now ; he adds to 

 the end of it this note : " To small quantities under 

 two ounces something will be added, on account of the 

 extraordinary trouble and waste." 



RETAIL PRICES OF WIMBLE'S SNUFFS. 



per lb. , s. d. 



English. Rappee 3 



Do. do 3 6 



B olongar o' s Hollan da . . 4 



English Round Rappee 3 6 



Strasburgh 3 



Do. Violet 4 



Scented Rappee 2 6 



English Bran 3 



per lb., s. d. 



Best English Rappee 4 



Common do 2 



Good Plain do 2 6 



Best Scotch 2 6 



Common do 2 



Ordinary English Rappee ... 2 6 



High-flavoured do. ... 3 6 



Composite do. do. ... 2 6 



* The author is acquainted with a gentleman who fills his pipe with tea 

 for smoking. 



