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Up on the bamboo verandahs above our heads old women sat grinning with their toothless mouths and puffing away at their pipes. Smoking seems universal and is practised by even the very young. I saw several two or three year olds, completely naked except for their elaborate necklaces of yellow, orange and blue beads, yet even these had pipes stuck jauntily in their mouths. As they stood with their hands behind their backs, it was as if they were midget versions of old salts looking out to sea. |
