BURIAL AND WITCHCRAFT 
the method of smoking. It is made of one joint of 
bamboo, closed at both ends by the natural section of 
the bamboo. In the side of the cylinder near one end 
they drill a hole by applying a piece of hard wood 
made red-hot. ‘They press the red-hot wood to the 
bamboo, and blow it to incandescence, repeating the 
operation until a hole is pierced. They next knock a 
hole in the opposite end of the bamboo, so as to admit 
a current of air. The red-hot wood is now applied 
again to the original hole, and they blow through the 
hole knocked in the opposite end until the small hole 
in the side is gradually enlarged. The “ Bau-bau” is 
now complete, except for its ornamentation. Elabo- 
rate patterns are scratched on the hard enamel of the 
bamboo with glass, a knife, a stone, or red-hot wood, 
and the speed with which this decoration is accom- 
plished is extraordinary. 
In the accompanying illustration I show some of 
the prevailing patterns. On the march our men would 
cut a bamboo, and on reaching camp would borrow some 
suitable tool from us, and make a pipe in a very short 
time. They were sufficiently accomplished smokers, 
however, to like an old “ Bau-bau” best, and gave the 
reason, which will be appreciated by every smoker, 
that tobacco is not good in a new one. 
The method of smoking is elaborate. They roll 
a leaf into a little horn, and insert it in the smaller 
hole on the side of the ‘‘ Bau-bau,” within this leaf 
is placed the charge of tobacco which they light, and 
then placing their lips to the end hole they draw. 
The little horn, or cigarette as one may call it, is now 
removed from the hole in the side, and if the pipe is 
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