“In the past, a lady of fashion would seductively smoke a long cigarette in an ivory holder; the modern idol of the betel age will probably be the same lady, but this time elegantly spitting out three table-spoons of blood-red betel-spit into an artistically crafted spittoon through teeth blackened by decades of chewing. When such a body offers you a little ground limestone, be aware that this is a gesture of the most genuine friendship.” FriendshipTobaccoDry HumourBetelPapua New GuineaSoft Drug Book:Notebooks from New Guinea: Field Notes of a Tropical Biologist Source: Notebooks from New Guinea: Field Notes of a Tropical Biologist