CHAPTER VIII 



PIPES 



The evolution of the pipe — Cult of pipe-smoking — Pipes of 

 peace and of war — Sacredness of Indian pipe — The legend 

 described by Longfellow — Peace pipe and war pipe — 

 England the European pioneer of pipes — Why England 

 smokes a pipe — First English pipes — Fairy, elfin and cluri- 

 caune pipes — Pipemakers' Guild — Changes in the shape of 

 pipes — Fancy pipes — The meerschaum — Wooden pipes — 

 Pipe-smoking in Latin countries rare — Continental pipes — 

 Eastern pipes — The hookah and narghile — Primitive pipes 

 of Africa — Tobacco boxes and stoppers. 



The religious origin of smoking has been already 

 described. The inhalation of the sacred fume was 

 regarded as synonymous with the inspiration of the 

 spirit of the gods. At first the medicine- or mystery- 

 man brooded over the fire inhaling the smoke of the 

 tobacco-sacrifice. This clumsy method was soon 

 superseded by the use of the tobago or Y-tube, which 

 obviated the fumigation of the whole head. Then 

 came the use of the long reed, which, stopped at one 

 end, constituted the pipe in its primitive and simplest 

 form. Thus was evolved the pipe. The natural 

 stages in the evolution of the pipe can still be seen in 

 various parts of the world. The African savage, when 



