lue of the tobacco lands of this last mentioned country
has not been fully developed. The variety of soil, exposure, climate,
and atmospheric influences are greater than can possibly be in Cuba,
and when the best is discovered, combining all the requisites, which
undoubtedly will be the case with an increased culture of the plant,
it will be found to be equal to the Vuelta Abogo of Cuba, and much
more extensive. The subject of tobacco lands, evidently, is not well
understood in Mexico, as it must be, from great experience, in Cuba.
All of these varieties of lands and circumstances exist in Mexico, and
it is safe to predict that, at some day, this country will stand
pre-eminent over all others in this industry.

We extract the following from the _Tobacco Leaf_ in regard to
cigar-making in Cuba:--

"The rule is that a cigar-maker devotes all his ingenuity
and diligence to one class of goods. For example, one
workman makes only _Londres_; another only _Regalias_;
another only _Milores Communes_; and so on. In the Cuban's
factory the operatives are allowed to smoke as many cigars
as they like when at work; and to take home with them, when
they leave work in the evening, five cigars each. The
immigration of Chinese laborers into Cuba has modified, and
must further modify, the labor market there. In the
cigarette factories at Havana, Chinese workmen are almost
exclusively employed. Though objectionable for many of their
moral habits, these workmen are nevertheless docile,
ingenious, laborious, and contented."

A writer, alluding to the manufacture of cigars, says:--

"The colors or strengths are _Amarillo Claro_, bright
yellow; _Amarillo Obscuro_, dark yellow; _Claro_, bright;
_Colorado Claro_, bright red; _Colorado_, red; _Colorado
Obscuro_, dark red; _Colorado Maduro_, red-ripe or mellow;
_Maduro_, ripe or mellow; _Maduro Obscuro_, dark ripe or
mellow; _Pajizo Claro_, bright straw-colored; _Pajizo_,
straw-colored; _Pajizo Obscuro_, dark straw-colored;
_Fuerte_, strong or heavy; _Entre Fuerte_, rather strong or
heavy; _Flajo_, light. Then there are the indications of the
qualities:--Superfine; _Firo_, not quite so fine; _Flor_,
finest or firsts; _Superior_, next, or seconds; _Buenos_,
next, or thirds. The cigar has a notable history. First has
to be determined the part of the plant from whic