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the na'rgee'leh ; and many persons in Egypt suffer 

 severely from the same cause. A kind of pipe, called 

 go'zehf which is similar to the na'rgee'leh, excepting 

 that it has a short cane tube, instead of the snake (or 

 flexible one), and no stand, is used by men of the 

 lowest class, for smoking both the tooinba'k and the 

 intoxicating hhashee 'sh, or hemp." 



The ruder smoking luxuries of the South Africans 

 in humble imitation of this, have been thus amusingly 

 described : — 



"A party of headmen and older warriors, seated 

 cross-legged in their tents, ceremoniously smoked the 

 dagluqnpe, a kind of hookah, made of bullock's horn, 

 its downward point filled with water, and a reed stem 

 let into the side, surmounted by a rough bowl of stone, 

 which is filled with the dagha, a species of hemp, very 

 nearly, if not the same, as the Indian bang. Each 

 individual receives it in turn, opens his jaws to their 

 full extent, and placing his lips to the wide mouth of 

 the horn, takes a few pulls and passes it on. Retain- 

 ing the last draught of smoke in his mouth, which he 

 fills with a decoction of bark and water from a cala- 

 bash, he squirts it on the ground b}' his side through 

 a long ornamented tube in his left hand, performing 

 thereon, by the aid of a reserved portion of the liquid, 

 a sort of boatswain's whistle, complacently regarding 

 the soap-like bubbles, the joint production of himself 

 and neighbour. It appeared to be a sign of special 



* " Grozeh " is the most common name. 



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