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Show DID THE ANCIENTS SMOKEf Did the anclenta smoke? It ti strange thnt so simple a question haa never been satisfactorily answered. Herod I lun mentions certain trlboa that became drunk from Inhaling the vapor or piles or burning fruit, but the only evidences thnt we have or smoking la round In the prehistoric pipes or wood and clay that are occasionally unearthed. un-earthed. Hut It the auricula smoked what did tfaw sNU-kKt tt t-,M dtitrlMlnly not to baoco, which we know is a modern solace. so-lace. Certain herbs were smoked for tho cure of disease we are Informed by I'llny and oilier writer!, but there are dculita that smoking for pleasure and conviviality were ever Indulged In extensively. U thoy had been we should have heard or It. Iloston Her aid. |