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and expels it from his mouth and nostrils very slowly. 

 The Esquimaux also chew tobacco very largely, men, 

 women and children keeping a quid always in their 

 mouth. They never expectorate ; indeed, so fond 

 are they of tobacco, that they actually eat the foul, 

 oily refuse from the bottom of their pipes, as also 

 does the Mexican. 



The Indians of America, the originators of smok- 

 ing, are of course smokers still. Occasionally, when 

 short of tobacco, they smoke dried red willow-bark 

 and oftener mix it with tobacco. Sad to say, the 

 noble red man, among other degenerating influences 

 of civilization, is forsaking his pipe and becoming 

 attached to that makeshift for smoking, the cigarette. 



The citizens of the United States smoke largely 

 and chew more. After the Dutch, they are the 

 greatest consumers of tobacco in the world, the 

 annual average per head being five pounds. For 

 chewing and skill in expectoratioa the American is 

 more famous than for smoking, his dexterity in the 

 former mode being recorded by Dickens with awe. 

 To avoid the necessity of constantly preparing a quid, 

 the negroes in Georgia fill the interstices of their teeth 

 with tobacco. In England chewing is also gaining in 

 favour, especially among mechanics and artisans, 

 since they can chew while at work when smoking is 

 forbidden. 



Mexico is a land of smoking. Everybody, from the 

 highest to the lowest, from the oldest to the youngest, 

 takes tobacco in all circumstances. Judge, jury and 

 lawyers smoke in court while cases are being heard ; 

 even the prisoner is not denied his cigar or cigarette. 



