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pijic is (lifV<Tnir IVoin ;iny other toliiici-o smoke and is ver\ <lisii.nroeable. 

 It lias some resemlilame to tlie smell of some, of the eheaper l.railds of 

 Nortli Carolina tohaeeo wliieli aie known to lie adnlterateil with other 

 vegetable substances. The method of smokin.u- is as follows: After 

 clearing out the bowl with the picker, a little Avad of deci' haii, plucked 

 from the clothes in some inconspienons )ilace, ueiicrally the front skirt 

 of the inner jacket, is ramnicd down to the bottom of the howl. Thi.sis 

 to prevent the tine tobacco from getting into the stem and clogging it 

 U].. The bowl is then tilled with tobacco, of which it only holds a very 

 small quantity. Th.' mouthpiece is i.laced between the lips, tlie tobacco 

 igidtcd, and all smoked ont in two or three strong inlialation.s. The 

 smoke is very deeply inhaleil and allowed to pass out slowly from the 

 mouth and nostrils, bringing tears to the eyes, often ])roduoing giddi- 

 ness, and ;ilniost always a. violent lit ol' coughing. I have seen a man 

 almost prostrated from the etfects of a single jiipefnl. This method 

 of smoking has been in vogue since the time of our lirst acquaintance 

 with these ],eople.' 



Though they siiuike little at a time, they smoke frequently when to- 

 bacco is plentiftil. Of late years, since tobacco has become plentiful, some 

 have adopted white men's pijies, which they smoke without inhaling, 

 and they are glad to get cigars, and, since our visit, cigarettes. In con- 

 versation with us they usually called all means for smoking "pai'pa," 

 thechildren sometimes specifying "pai'pa-sigya'" (cigar) or "mukpara- 

 pai'pa," paper-pipe (cigarette). The use of the kui'nyi>, which name 

 appears to be applied only to the nati\ e jiipcs, seems to be confined to 

 the adults. We knew of no children ow ning them, though their jiarents 

 made no objection to their chewing tobacco or owning or using clay or 

 wooden pipes which they obtained from us. They carry their fondness 

 for tobacco so far that they will even eat the foul oily refuse from the 

 bottom of the l)owl, the smallest portion of which would produce nausea 

 in a white man. This habit has been observed at Plover Bay, Siberia.^ 

 Tobacco ashes are also eaten, probably for the sake of the potash they 

 contain, as one of the men at TJtkiavwiii was fond of carbonate of soda, 

 which he told the doctor was just like what he got from his pipe. 

 Pipes of this type, differing in details, but all agreeing in having very 

 small bowls, frequently of metal, and some contrivance for opening the 

 stem, are used by the Eskimo from at least as far south as the Yukon 

 delta (as shown by the collections in the National Museum) to the An- 



wasmixcd with -n-n.ul \.., j, p : "" I i : ; \l. i i. . .: |. xxix) describes .1 precisely sim- 



iUrmetUodof smokliiL- II -i li" M.nl 1 I I i.n, was "melange A de la raclure 



do saulc" and the pii". ■.\ .1- I illi '1 l.\^M.. .1, \i'i i> .i-. [1 .^ili 



' Sec Hooper, Tents, elc. p. 177, ami Uiill. AlasK:,. p ,m . 



