Two of the Mexicans filled the small bowls with the leaf, while the other took one of the tubes holding a small stick.

An attendant then approached with a small piece of wood, on fire.

This was applied first to the stick, and then to the small bowls; and, to Roger's stupefaction, great clouds of smoke at once issued from the mouths of the three Mexicans.

Had it not been that, from the tranquil expression of their faces, he saw that this was the regular course of events, he would have thought that some accident had occurred, and that the Mexicans had, in some mysterious way, taken fire in the interior.
He remained silent for a minute or two, and then asked: "Do you like it?
Is it really pleasant to you ?" "It is, indeed," the governor said.

"This herb is largely used.