enough to cause the 'town' for some
length of time to resist all that was not manufactured to
imitate the flavor from which it took its well-known name of
'musty.' Nearer to our own time, a large tobacco warehouse
having been destroyed by fire, in Dublin, a poor man
purchased some of the scorched or damaged stock, and
manufacturing it into coarse snuff, sold it to the poorer
class of snuff-takers. Forthwith capricious fashion adopted
it, endowing it with fabulous qualities, and Lundy Foot's
Irish Black-guard (so it was termed) filled the most
fashionable boxes.

"Again, during the Peninsular campaigns, in which the light
division of the British army bore so memorable a part, the
mixture used by and called after its gallant leader, General
Sir. Amos Norcott, had a more extensive sale than any other.
When Napoleon was at Elba, and folks began to tire of
legitimacy, as they soon did, it became fashionable to use
snuff scented with the spirit of violet, and significantly
to allude to the perfume. Garrick, when he was manager of
Drury Lane Theatre, brought a mixture into fashion by using
or alluding to it in one of his most famous parts. The
tobacconist whom he thus favored was his under-treasurer,
Hardham, whom no writer about snuff should omit to notice.
He was a great favorite with Garrick, whom in his turn he
almost revered. One of Hardham's most important duties was
to number the house from a hole in the curtain above the
stage; and it is amusing to fancy the little tobacconist,
snuff-box in hand, calmly watching the pit fill, or from his
elevated position admiring the histrionic talents of his
gifted patron. His shop in Fleet street is also memorable.
It was the general resort of theatrical men and tyros, who
sought to reach the manager through his subordinates, and
his little back parlor witnessed the _debut_ of many who
afterwards gained applause from larger, though not more
exacting audiences.

"Her Majesty Queen Charlotte has bequeathed her name to a
once favorite mixture, and George the Fourth has some slight
chance of being remembered by the famous 'Prince's Mixture,'
which was so popular when it was the fashion to admire and
imitate that gifted individual. It would be a grateful but
almost an impossible task to