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known in Turkey before 1610 — Dr. Yates mistakes an 

 Egyptian painting representing glass-blowers for a smoking 

 party — Both Greeks and Romans inhaled fumes of tussi- 

 lago through a reed or pipe for ihe cure of coughs and 

 difficult breathing — Abbe Cocket and Dr. Bruce on old 

 clay pipes found in Normandy and among ruins in Britain- 

 Clay pipes found in Scotland and Ireland — Legendary 

 lore respecting their origin and use — The weed and the 

 Portuguese in India and Java— Pallas and Meyen on the 

 plant in India and China — The Lazarists, Gabet and 

 Hue, in Tartary and Thibet— The cultivation and use of 

 tobacco in China— The supposed antiquity of the habit 

 among the Chinese, who in their prehistoric migrations 

 may have carried seeds of the plant to America. 



CHAPTER VII . . .117 



A GLIMPSE OF SOCIAL LIFE IiNT JAPAN. 

 AS DISCLOSED BY THE WEED 



The Japanese — Marco Polo's mention of Japan and its people — 

 Pinto, Portugal's pioneer in eastern seas — Lands at 

 Nagasaki in 1545 — Friendly reception — News of the 

 event reaches Manila and Goa — Spanish merchant vessels 

 with Francis Xavier speedily arrived at Bungo — Warm 

 welcome — Tobacco and smoking, a new revelation to 

 these primitive people — Good work done by Xavier and 

 his coadjutors among the sick and needy — The Shogun, 

 lyeyasu, permits free intercourse and unrestricted trade — 

 Spaniards and Portuguese accused of overreaching 

 practices, and of draining the country of its gold — Jesuits 

 and Friars swarm in Japan and bring upon themselves 

 disgrace and ultimate expulsion — William Adams the first 

 Englishman to set foot in Japan — His rapid rise in favour 

 and fortune — The arrival of Dutch merchantmen — Helped 

 by Adams to secure a trade basis at Firando — Adams 

 desires to return home, but is put off from time to time — 

 He writes letters to England telling of himself, and 

 inviting London merchants to trade with Japan — They 



