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ETHNOGRAPHY.
The
Ketchuas,
the
descendants
of
the
old
Incas,
know
no
higher
enjoyment
than
drunkenness;
each
festival
is
celebrated
by
excessive
drinking.
Their
fa-
vorite
beverage
is
"
Chicha"
(pronounced
Tschitscha),
a
fermented
maize
decoction,
cooling,
opening,
nutri-
tious,
and
intoxicating,
if
taken
in
great
quantities.
The
Indians
of
the
Caribbean
Sea
prepare
fermented
beverages
from
the
Mandioca
root.
Paiwari,
Paiwa,
Kassiri,
are
the
names
of
just
as
many
fermented
drinks.
A
specific
beverage
of the
Hottentots
is
the
"
Krii,"
or
honey-beer;
it
is
made
of
wild
honey,
water
and
the
fermented
decoction
of
the
Krii-root.
Likewise
they
understand
how
to
prepare
alcoholic
liquids
by
infus-
ing
berries.
Between
the
Senegal
and
the
Niger
everything
is
concentrated
upon
the
enjoyment
of
alcoholic
drinks.
The
negro
fond
of
drinks,
may
it
be
wine,
beer,
or
al-
cohol
is
willing
to
acknowledge
the
supremacy
of the
European,
and
is
an
enemy
to
Mohammedanism.
Vice
versa,
the
negro
that
does
not
drink
is
a
follower
of
Mohammed,
whether
he
knows
who
Mohammed
was
or
not.
It
may
occur
that
a
drinker,
after
a
bacchanal,
in
repentance
of
it,
shaves
his
hair
closely,
with
the
exception
of the
centre;
then
he
is
"
Tub,"
or a
con-
vert,
and
will
join
the
public
religious
services
of
the
Mohammedans.
The
drinker,
however,
wears
his
full
hair.
If
he
be
obliged
to
require
the
services
of
a
bar-
ber,
i.
e.,
of
a
piece
of
glass
or
a
sharpened
shell,
he