[121] Spruce, i. 180-81.
[122] Among the Issa-Japura tribes it is rather sustaining than stimulating, i.e. it is not fermented.
[123] Theobroma, the food of the gods (Spruce, i. 79).
[124] I would suggest that manioc is the true name for the plant, cassava for the “bread” made therefrom. Mandiocca is only American-Spanish for manioc.
[125] Bates i. 194, n.
[126] Spruce, i. 215.
[127] Capsicum frutescens (Spix and Martius, p. 259). Artanthe eximia and other Artanthe and Peperomia (Spruce, ii. 283-4).
[128] For processes of growing and preparation, see Markham, pp. 148-9.
[129] Erythroxylon coca and E. cataractarum (Spruce, ii. 446-8).
[130] Cf. E. B. Tylor, p. 170.