smokes. 
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you a light, sah.” The clerk replied, we 
don’t give away matches as that is not busi- 
ness, but I can sell you a box for a half-penny.” 
A half-penny, all that he had in his pocket — 
and all that he had in the world ! He took 
out the half-penny with a feeling of regret 
and put it on the counter. The matches were 
delivered and he calmly lit the cigar and, in 
the manner of a connoisseur, turned it round 
in his mouth taking a long and critical puff. 
Yes, it was his favourite — a Golofina, and 
quite up to his standard. He turned to the 
supercilious looking clerk and handed him 
back the nearly full box of matches observing • 
“ Say mister, when a nex (next ) gentleman 
come along and h’ask fe a light give him one 
h’out ’a (out of) my box.” 
Tobacco, 
NicotianaTabacum. Order Solanaceae. An annu- 
al plant 3 to 4ft. in height ; leaves, large, oblong, 
pointed, without any stalk where they join the 
stem ; flowers, small, funnel-shaped, pinkish. 
STAMPS. 
The stamps first used in the island were 
English, and Jamaica did not have an issue 
of its own until 1860, or twenty years after 
stamps were first used in England. There 
are one hundred and fifty-seven varieties des- 
cribed in Gibbon’s catalogue for 1905, and 
the notes given below are taken from that 
catalogue. 
There is a growing feeling that stamp deal- 
ers abroad are undervaluing some of the 
rarer of our stamps and that, not being pre- 
