310 CULTURE, MANUFACTURE, ETC., OF TOBACCO. 



pan, spread out to cool, and ultimately sent in casks 

 to the shop-keeper. 



We have noted some of the older processes of the 

 tobacco warehouse, in the incidental mention of the 

 carotte and spun tobaccos. Carotte was formed by 

 enswathing a number of leaves, when cured, on each 

 other, after the ribs had been taken out, and rolling 

 them round with packthread, till they became cemented 

 together. These rolls commonly measured about 

 eighteen or twenty inches in length, and nine round 

 the middle part. Two modes of tying the tobacco was 

 in use in the middle of the last century, and are repre- 

 sented in our engraving; one termed in the French 

 market " filer a la Francoise," and the other " filer a la 

 Hollandoise," the latter being the one most generally 

 adopted ; it consisted in enclosing the roll of leaf in a 

 thread which was twisted and knotted at each turn; 

 the former mode only wound the thread round the 

 mass. A holder with a quantity of thread upon it 

 was used by the workman, it had a pointed head to 

 pass under the thread, and assist him in knotting it. 

 "When the mass was thus secured, some large leaves 

 were used to cover the whole. The operation required 

 great nicety and exactitude, and could only be success- 

 fully clone after long practice. 



Our engraving exhibits the mode of tying the carotte 

 in the French style at a. The Dutch style is shown at 

 B, with the workman's implement at c, and the mode by 

 which the knot was secured. It is copied from an 

 engraving dated 1768. These carottes were sometimes 



