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Macropiper Methysticum
A plant of the pepper family, which
furnishes the root called Ava by the Polynesians. It has narcotic
properties, and is employed medicinally, but is chiefly remarkable
for the value attached to it as a narcotic and stimulant beverage,
of which the natives partake before they commence any important
business or religious rites. It is used by chewing the root and
extracting the juice, and has a calming rather than an
intoxicating effect. It is a filthy preparation, and only partaken
of by the lower classes of Feejeeans.
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