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covery of South America The f 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- 

 kanna 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- 

 criptionThe 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 OH 

 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 



