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with other substances ? 10. What utensils and implements 
are employed in their preparation ? Give a description of 
them. 11. 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 1 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 l 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 1 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 
