CHAPTER XXI

.—OUR LADY OF YONGAS.

Coca under the Incas; Origin of the name; Early history; The coca shrub; The harvest; Estimated production; Estimated consumption and consumers; Spanish protection; Method of using the coca; How to enjoy it; Stimulating effects; Coca tea-parties; Confirmed coqueros; The virtues of coca; The vices of coca; Power of allaying hunger; Questionable nutritive properties; Devotion of Peruvians to it; Narcotic rhododendrons 285

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