TOBACCO LEAVES 



feet long, and branch into two or three 

 parts, each of which is supplied with a 

 mouthpiece. The latter are about two feet 

 apart. When they are used, the host and 

 his guest, or the man and his wife, sit 

 side by side. The bowl rests on the floor; 

 the host holds the stem where it is single, 

 and the two branches rest comfortably in 

 the mouths of the two smokers. The same 

 result is obtained with this pipe and solid 

 branching stem as with the narghile and 

 flexible stem of the Moslem world. In 

 the latter, the double, treble, or multi- 

 stemmed narghile is intended for a group 

 of friends, or for a family circle. 



It is rare that an Englishman or an 

 American keeps pipes for visitors. In Asia 

 and Northern Africa the rule is the exact 

 opposite. In Turkey and Egypt there are 

 always extra narghiles; in India, extra 

 hookahs; in China, extra hubble-bubbles, 

 vater-pipes, and bamboo pipes. In the 



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