Read the following paragraph which is a traveller's account of India experiences. The betel is a tree which is cultivated in the same manner as the grape-vine;
The betel has no fruit and is grown only for the sake of its leaves
The manner of its use is that before eating it one takes areca nut; this is like a nutmeg but is broken up until it is reduced to small pellets, and one places these in his mouth and chews them. Then he takes the leaves of betel, puts a little chalk on them, and masticates them along with the betel. Who among the following gave the above account? |