330 CULTURE, MANUFACTURE, ETC., OF TOBACCO. 



the subject; our chief aim has been to simply throw a 

 light on tobacco-smoking — 



EX FUMO DARE LUCEM. 



There can be little doubt that smoking, even more 

 than angling, deserves to be termed "the contem- 

 plative man's recreation." Most thoughtful men have 

 been smokers, nor have their excogitations over the 

 pipe been void of sound sense and morality.* In the 

 Pen and Pencil Sketches, recently published by the 

 son of Thomas Hood, the " bowl that cheers, but not 

 inebriates," is amusingly pointed at as the bowl of 

 the pipe : — 



Our shout for instance is alike, 



I do not cry " Iacche." — 

 But with a pleasure infinite, 



I'll join in " Io Baccy." 



The god hath bowls of gems and gold 

 (Some plated though — a clear sham), 



And so hare I ! — but then they're made 

 Of china, clay, or meerschaum ! 



He " fills the bowl" with Claret, Hock, 



Champagne, or Manc^nilla ! 

 And so do I ! but with Returns, 



Bird's-eye, or Latakia ! 



Snuff has received a large share of clerical patro- 

 nage, yet it may fairly be questioned whether it may 

 not have a more direct influence on the human system 



* Witness the little poems in pp. 102 and 126. 



