[31] Ichang, Wenchow, Wuhu, and Pakhoi.
[32] Sept. 13, 1876.
[33] Dr. Moore, The Other Side of the Opium Question, p. 85.
[34] Sir Rutherford Alcock, Journal of Society of Arts, p. 220, b.
[35] Dr. Moore (p. 84) quotes Mr. Gardner’s opinion to this effect.
[36] Times, Jan. 26, 1881. To the same effect is the evidence of Don Sinibaldo, who says (p. 3), “On prétend que l’opium produit chez lui une délicieuse ivresse, un doux sommeil, une vive surexcitation qui deviennent nécessaires á l’existence, et qu’on ne peut obtenir qu’en augmentant progressivement la dose journalière. Pour moi, j’ai souvent fumé de l’opium, et je n’ai éprouvé rien de semblable; un grand nombre d’Européens qui avaient fait la même épreuve m’ont assuré qu’elle avait eu pour eux les mêmes résultats que pour moi.” Perhaps a remark of Dr. Moore (p. 34) may explain these statements. He says, “If the opium-pipe is smoked as the tobacco-pipe is smoked, the effects are very inconsiderable as compared with the results when the novice has attained to perfection in his practice”—i.e. can pass the smoke through his lungs.
[37] Colonel Tod, in his book on the Rajpoots, draws a strong picture of the evil effects of opium consumption among them. Of this Sir Henry Lawrence, in a letter to Sir John Kaye, 1854, says, “There is little, if any, truth in it.”
[38] Comm. on E. I. Finance, 1871, evidence of Sir Cecil Beadon. Dr. Birdwood, in a letter to the Times, Jan. 20, 1882, says: “The Rajpoots, though they are all from youth upward literally saturated with opium, are one of the finest, most truthful, and bravest people in the world. The same may be said of the Sikhs.”
[39] The Other Side of the Opium Question, pp. 13, 42.
[40] Similarly the Hurkarah, who carries letters and runs messages in India, provided with a small piece of opium, a bag of rice and a lump of bread, will perform incredible journeys.—Sir Rutherford Alcock, Paper before Society of Arts, p. 223.