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THE VOYAGE OF THE VEGA. 



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five of the leaders were executed, the rest were pardoned. As 

 these societi3S were originally smoking clubs, the tobacco-plant 

 came by the bad behaviour of their members into disrepute, and 

 its use was prohibited. At that time tobacco was smoked in long 

 pipes, which were stuck in the belt like a sword, or carried after 

 the smoker by an attendant. In 1612 a proclamation was 

 published in which tobacco -smokmg and all trade in tobacco 

 were prohibited, under penalty of forfeiture of estate. The 



TOBACCO SMOKERS. 



Japanese drawing. 



prohibition wa? repeated several times, with as little success 

 as in Europe." 



Mr. Satow further gives the following peculiar extracts 

 from a Japanese work, which enumerates the advantages and 

 disadvantages that are connected with tobacco-smokinjr : — 



" A. — Advantages. 



1. It dispels the vapours and increases the energies. 



2. It is good to produce at the beginning of a feast. 



