CHAPTER VI

.—SNIFFING AND SNEESHIN.

The Franciscan of Sterne; Etymology of Snuff; Pouncet-boxes; The “Niopo” of the Ottomacs; The “Curupa” of the Omaguas; Snuffing in Iceland; Zulu Calabashes; Early Snuff-taking Apparatus; Origin of the “Mull;” Magnificent Mull; Mongrabin Cases; Strong Snuff of the Sahara; Plugging and Quidding; Snuff-taking Estimates; Snuff dipping; Death in the Box; Adulterated Snuff; Snuff Scents; Substitutes for Snuff; Lead Poison; Advice Gratis; Gold Snuff-boxes; Amber Snuff-boxes; Boxes of Hard-shelled Seeds; Chinese Flasks; Chinese Snuffing; A Snuff-stick; Birch-bark Boxes; Scotch Snuff-boxes; Introduction of Snuffing; Varieties of Snuff; Hardham’s 37; Gossip on Sneezing; Pseudo-philosophy of a Sneeze 73

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