50 The Soverane Herbe 



cigarette-smoker. It is a common sight in Manilla 

 to see father and mother sauntering along, each 

 smoking a cigar, and followed by their children, 

 also happily puffing the divine herb. The Negritos 

 of Luzon smoke in a curious fashion, holding the 

 lighted end of the cigar in their mouth. Some 

 Anglo-Indians also practise this method, by which 

 it is claimed smoking is more enjoyable, and the 

 secretion of nicotine avoided. With a little practice 

 all danger of burning the mouth is overcome. 



The Japanese are as dainty in smoking as in their 

 other customs. Their pipes, the kisserus, are very 

 tiny, and hold only a small pill of the finest cut 

 and mildest tobacco. From each pipeful only one 

 deep whiff is inhaled, the burning remnant shaken 

 out, and a fresh charge inserted for a second smoke. 

 However refined this may be, it does not commend 

 itself to an enthusiastic smoker. 



The Chinese are also Hliputian smokers. Their 

 pipes, of bronze, are very small ; the tobacco, which 

 is native grown, is a very mild, almost flavourless, 

 and light-coloured variety. It is imported to Europe, 

 and mixed with darker tobaccos to produce a medium- 

 flavoured and coloured mixture. The smoking of a 

 certain herb is said to have been practised in China 

 before tobacco was introduced and substituted for 

 it. According to a Hindu history tobacco was 

 introduced into China by Europeans in 1609. The 

 belief that the Dutch were the sponsors of tobacco 

 in the Far East is substantiated by the Corean word 

 for tobacco, hampan kock, which = Dutchman. 



Throughout the East smoking is practised by both 



