英文备注译文：

烟草在整个广阔的中国帝国和更广阔的鞑靼地区的广泛使用，似乎与人们普遍接受的观点相矛盾，即这种草药只在美国本土生长。人们很难想象中国人会在三个世纪的过程中，将吸烟的习俗普及开来，因为中国人非常讨厌引入任何新奇的东西；然而事实确实如此；各阶层、各年龄段的男子；无论妇女的生活状况如何，甚至8岁或10岁的男女儿童，都配备了必要的吸烟设备。

在街上行走时，在几乎所有的生活职业中，烟斗很少从嘴里出来。不使用时，将其放在吊挂在腰带上的小袋中；另一个附属物是一个小的丝质钱包，通常附在管道上，用于盛放鸦片、槟榔或其他咀嚼物品。管子通常由竹子制成，盖子或碗由称为tutanague或瓷器的金属制成。这台机器的形状和结构具有强烈的独创性，不同于任何其他人使用的机器；但据我们所知，这种植物本身与美国发现的任何一种植物都不同，这可能是最有力的证据，证明中国自古以来就有吸烟的习俗。

英文原文：

The very general use of tobacco throughout the whole extensive empire of China , and the still more extensive regions of Tartary , would seem to contradict the commonly received opinion , that this herb is indigenousonly in America . One can hardly suppose that the Chinese , who are so remarkably averse from the introduction of any thing novel , would , in the course of three centurise, have brought the custom of smoking into universal use; yet so it is ; men of all ranks and all ages ; women ,whatever their condition in life may be , and children even of both sexes of eight or ten years of age , are furnished with the necessary apparatus for smoking tobacco . In walking the streets , in almost all the occupations of life ,the tobacco-pipe is seldom out of the mouth . 

When not in use it is placed in a small pouch suspended from the girdle ; and another appendage is a small silken purse generally attached to the pipe for containing opium, areca nut , or some other masticatory . The tube of the pipe is generally made of bamboo , and the cap or bowl of the metal called tutanague , or porcelain . The shape and structure of this machine are strongly marked with originality , being unlike those in use among any other people ; but the plant itself is , we understand , of a different species to any of those found in America , which is perhaps the strongest proof of all , that the custom of smoking has existed in China from time immemorial.
 

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