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covery of South America — The Aztecs of Mexico — 

 The Italian traveller Benzoni describes the plant and its 

 uses among the natives — His strong aversion to it — The 

 origin of the plant related by the chief of the Susque- 

 hanna tribe 



CHAPTER IV . . .47 



TOBACCO IN RELATION TO HEALTH 



AND CHARACTER 



The Chancellor of the Exchequer on the consumption of 

 tobacco — His condemnation of the smoking habit by 

 those who have enough to eat — Board of Trade returns — 

 Statistics on the past and present rate of consumption per 

 head of population in England and other countries — 

 The quantity of tobacco consumed compared with the 

 average consumption of wheat and the money value of 

 each — The use made of cast-away cigar-ends — The 

 opinions of Michael Drayton and Robert Burton — Case 

 against youths smoking — The Cuban leaf — The effects 

 of smoking on the character of the Turks — Mr. E. W. 

 Lane on the Oriental method of smoking — Clarendon's 

 views on tobacco's influence in diplomacy — The three 

 kinds of tobacco used in commerce — Botanical des- 

 cription — The chemist's account of the composition of the 

 weed —Shakespeare's 'hebenon' — Sir B. W. Richardson's 

 experiments with the smoke of tobacco —Tobacco 

 innoxious compared with alcohol — Prof, Johnston's 

 experiments and observations — Observed effects on 

 German thinkers — Pre-eminent among great smokers 

 stand Hobbes, Newton, Parr, Aldrich, Hall, Carlyle and 

 Tennyson — Experience the true guide. 



CHAPTER V . . .73 



THE USE AND ABUSE OF TOBACCO 



Differences of temperament interfere with general enjoyment 

 of the weed — Ground upon which all can agree — Its . 



