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He, with others, thinking the miss-sahib had gone to church, was smoking the hookah of gossip in a neighboring compound.

Columbus found the natives of San Salvador smoking after this manner.

When Cortez made conquest of Mexico in 1519 smoking seemed to be a common as well as an ancient custom among the natives.

This was no strange sight to the boy by that time, but it was awkward in the circumstances, for he had neither gun nor spear.

In 1629 he found the Hurons smoking the dried leaves and stalks of the Tobacco plant or petune.

He turned at the sound of my voice with vastly more concern than he'd betrayed under the muzzle of Piegan's gun.

RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIR

In most club card-rooms smoking is not permitted, but at the Pandemonium it is the fashion to smoke everywhere.

Every light in the hall was ablaze; every lamp turned as high as it could be without smoking the chimney or threatening explosion.

The white men served their smoking cannon with a wild energy that, for a time, made the gallant nine equal to a thousand.

He was a good judge of men, that eagle-faced major; he knew that the slightest move with hostile intent would mean a smoking gun.

RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIR

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