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with other substances ? io. What utensils and implements 
are employed in their preparation ? Give a description of 
them. ii. Are any superstitions connected with their use? 
12. Are they employed for religious purposes, or as aids to 
social intercourse? 13. Are they used during feasts such as 
accompany marriage, or at solemnities, such as funerals ? 
14. Are they employed in the rites connected with purifica¬ 
tion after certain natural functions or morbid conditions ? 
15. Is alcohol in use ? 16. Whence is it obtained ? 17. Are 
there any peculiarities in the method of its preparation ? 18. 
How is it used ? 19. Are any special vessels employed in its 
use ? 20. Are any ceremonies observed when it is made use 
of? 21. Is tobacco in use ? 22. Is any substitute employed 
in its stead? 23. Is it smoked, chewed, or used as snuff? 
24. How is it prepared for use? 25. What are the forms of 
pipe in use, and of what materials are the bowls and stems 
made ? 26. Are the pipes smoked out by individuals, or 
passed from one person to another ? 27. Are pipes known 
with a large single bowl, and two or more stems for different 
smokers ? 28. Are any ceremonies connected with smoking ? 
29. Are any substances, such as Kola, coffee, or cocoa, used to 
relieve fatigue ? 30. Are any substances, such as coca, 
employed to obviate the effects of exertion ? 31. Is the use 
of any narcotic or similar substance carried to excess ? 32. 
What effects on the moral and physical welfare of the race 
can be observed from the use of such substances ? 
G. A. G. 
No. XI.—DISEASES OF THE SKIN. 
Are affections of the skin (those traceable to, or resulting 
from, syphilis excepted) common ? What features do those 
most frequently met with present ? Are any parts of the 
body specially or exclusively attacked ? Are such as are seen 
characterized by redness of an inflammatory type, the 
