cachimbo

Updated: July 13, 2026

The favourite passe-temps is to lie prone in sun or shade, chattering and smoking the cachimbo, a heavy clay pipe, with peculiar stem "to sleep supine," say the Arabs, "is the position of saints; on the dexter side, of kings; on the sinister, of learned men; and on the belly, of devils." The Festival a Trip to Calumbo portuguese Hospitality.

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