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these were of the size of the largest German pipes, 

 made of dark wood, and mounted with brass, but 

 which only rich people can procure. Kahumanna 

 took a few whiffs with evident pleasure ; she then 

 swallowed a part of the smoke, and emitted the 

 rest through her nostrils. Half dizzy she gave me 

 the pipe, and as I declined, she, astonished at my 

 European stupidity, gave it to her neighbour, who, 

 after a short enjoyment of it, gave it to the third 

 wife. As soon as the pipe was emptied, a fresh one 

 was filled, and went round in the same manner. 

 The second employment of the ladies is to dress 

 their hair, which is cut short after their fashion ; 

 only over the forehead they let it grow a couple of 

 inches long, smear it with a white sticky substance, 

 and comb it back ; the snow white streaks which 

 by this mode rise above the dark brown counte- 

 nance, give it a ludicrous appearance. All the 

 three queens were very large, corpulent women, 

 who had lived to above half a century, and did not 

 look as if they had ever been handsome. Their 

 dress was distinguished from that of the other 

 ladies by various silk handkerchiefs. Before the 

 door, on a mat, was seated the king's daughter, a 

 tolerably handsome girl ; behind her stood a little 

 negro boy, holding a silk umbrella over her head 

 to protect her from the rays of the sun ; two other 

 boys, with tufts of red feathers, drove away the flies 

 from her : the whole group had a pleasing effect. 

 When I was about to rise, Kuhumanna held me 



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