152 TOBACCO. 



civilization/ I am glad to say that, so far as my 

 knowledge extends, no American missionary in 

 South Africa uses tobacco in any form. "We shall, 

 ere long, have anti-tobacco societies in all our 

 missionary stations ; and shall fight against this vile 

 habit till we lay our armor down." 



What pictures may be seen in Mexico ! — the 

 schoolmaster with a cigar in his mouth, and his 

 scholars smoking around him, either at their reci- 

 tations or studying in their seats, as a reward of 

 merit ! 



In the law-courts, judges, jury, and prisoner 

 all smoking ; the latter, if his cigarette happens to 

 go out in the excitement of the charges against 

 him, coolly lights it by that of the officer who is 

 his guard ! Xo wonder that an inveterate smoker 

 is said to have become Mexicanized. 



Mr. Pixley, another missionary in Africa, writes : 

 " It has sometimes been said, and very truly, that 

 Africa is a land where the people eat with their 

 fingers and take snuff with a spoon. The first 

 request on meeting, after the salutation, invariably 

 is, f Give me some snuff', my friend.' Down they 

 sit ; each takes his snuff-spoon, and the one who 

 consents to treat shakes his box and pours some 

 snuff into his open hand. From this each one dips 

 a portion with his spoon, and all begin to snuff; 

 often continuing snuffing and chatting till the tears 

 roll down their cheeks. 



" Everywhere men and women who do not take 

 the weed as snuff' delight to smoke the pipe ; some 



