is burned
in the upper side of the lid of the box, with an iron made
for the purpose; second the label, this bears the name and
address of the manufactory; third, the mark designating the
size and shape of the cigars, this is usually put on with a
stencil; there are not so very many regular sizes, or
_vitolas_, made in Havana as might be imagined, a list of
them may prove interesting. These are: Damos, Entre Actos,
Opera, Concha, Regalia de Concha, Londres, Londres de Corte,
Regalia de Londres, Regalia Britanica, Regalia del Rey,
Regalia de la Reina, Reina Victoria, Panetelos, Trabucos,
Embajadores, Especiales, Imperiales, Brevos, Prensados,
Cilindrados, Millar Vegueros. The _Damos_ (Dames) as their
name indicates, are meant for the ladies, and are the
smallest made. The _Cozadores_ (huntsmen) are the longest,
and the _Trabucos_ (blunderbusses) the fattest. The
_Prensados_ (pressed) are flat, and _Cilindrados_
(cylindrical) are so called because, when green, they are
put in bundles of twenty-five, and tightly rolled in strong
tissue paper, which is twisted at each end of the roll. When
the cigars are dry the paper is taken off, and the bunch
retains the cylindrical shape given it. The _Brevos_ (figs)
are also tied up while green, and tightly pressed. This
makes them stick together something like figs, hence their
name. The _Vegueros_ (plantation) take their name from the
fact that they are supposed to be made like those made on
the plantations, but they are not made in the same way.

"In the _Vegos_ (plantations) the _veguero_, or planter,
makes his cigar of a single leaf of tobacco, which he
carries ready moistened for the purpose, by rolling it on
his knee. Besides the above, some fancy sizes have been
adopted of late years, but they are made by only a few of
the larger manufacturers in Havana. Fourth is the color
mark, which is also put on in stencil. Fifth, the class
mark. All the round cigars made in Havana are separated into
three classes: _Primera_, or first; _Segunda_, or second;
and _Tercera_, or third. Some manufacturers never mark any
of their cigars as of the third class, not because they do
not make them, but because they think they sell better
without the mark. They make the first class _Flor_, the
second