Show TOBACCO IS STRONG white man cannot endure its scent or taste blacks like it after transvaal tobacco but a long way after cornea comes doer boer tho the name la is in reality nowadays a misnomer sas south africa tor for this ibis tobacco la Is grown gron largely in natal and cape colony it Is also cultivated in the ora orange river colony Is sold by the roll and can b he obtained tor for about 8 a pound if a whole roll Is 13 purchased it Is also eel sold a U by tho the sack white men buy these sacks but they so do not smoke the contents themselves they uso use it to reward the kaffir servants for working overtime or doing any other meritorious action the taste for transvaal tobacco Is an a acquired one it also takes a certain time before a man gets used to the scent no white man who ubo has come from a distance has so tar far lived long enough to acquire a liking tor for either t the he taste or the smell emell but it has its uses in the case of the natives and it Is also useful lf it aou have an undesirable visitor who aho iou ou are anxious to get rid of offer him a pipe of doer boer r tobacco find and he will never ca enter ler your homo home again the traders purchase this weed largely they also use it upon the natives in the shape of presents as every kaffir aho ho makes a purchase in it a country store always asks for a tree free gift and the competition to secure the native trade Is so acute that tho the re quest cannot be refused |