Dr
Livingstoned I presume Famous drug
quotes from history...
In
a source cited by Brian Du Toit, the
famous explorer David Livingstone describes
the use of matokwane (cannabis) by the
Makololo people:
"we had ample opportunity for observing
the effects of this matokwane smoking on
our men. It makes them feel very strong
in body, but it produces exactly the opposite
effect upon the mind.
Two of our finest young men became inveterate
smokers, and partially idiotic. The performances
of a group of matokwane smokers are somewhat
grotesque; they are provided with a calabash
of pure water, a split bamboo, five feet
long, the great pipe, which has a large
calabash of kudu's horn chamber to contain
the water, through which the smoke is drawn
Narghille fashion, on its way to the mouth.
Each smoker takes a few whiffs, the last
being an extra long one, and hands the pipe
to his neighbour. He seems to swallow the
fumes; for, striving against the convulsive
action of the muscles of the chest and throat,
he takes a mouthful of water from the calabash,
waits a few seconds, and then pours water
and smoke from his mouth down the groove
of the bamboo, The smoke causes violent
coughing in all, and in some a species of
frenzy which passes away in a rapid stream
of unmeaning words, or short sentences,
as, 'the green grass grows', 'the fat cattle
thrive', 'the fish swim'. "
