But to return from this long digression, we still meet with the name of Haschisch and Hashasheen in Egypt, and also with preparations of hemp, which are believed as of old to transport those who indulge therein to scenes such as paradise alone is supposed to furnish. “Where’er his eye could reach, Fair structures, rainbow-hued, arose; And rich pavilions through the opening woods Gleamed from their waving curtains sunny gold; And winding through the verdant vale, Flowed streams of liquid light, And fluted cypresses reared up Their living obelisks, And broad-leaved plane trees in long colonnades, O’er arched delightful walks, Where round their trunks the thousand-tendril’d vine Wound up, and hung the boughs with greener wreaths, And clusters not their own.” M. Rouyer, of the Egyptian Commission, says, with the leaves and tops, collected before ripening, the Egyptians prepare a conserve, which serves as the base of the _berch_, the _diasmouk_, and the _bernaouy_. Hemp leaves reduced to powder and incorporated with honey or stirred with water, constitute the _berch_ of the poorer classes. Dr. Livingstone found hemp in use among the natives of Southern Africa under the name of _mutokuane_. With the Hottentots it is known as _Dacha_, and another plant used for similar purposes among them is called the _wild Dagga_ or Dacha. The use of hemp as a narcotic appears to be very general in all parts of Africa. The D’amba possesses numerous native titles, but it is only understood by those distinctive terms which the negroes give it in their respective countries. By the people of Ambriz and Musula it is pronounced as D’yambah, while to the various races in Kaffraria, it is more generally known under the Hottentot name of Dakka or Dacha. This plant is extensively cultivated by the Dongós, Damarás, and other tribes to the southward of Benguela. Among the Ambundas or aborigines of Angola, the dried plant is duly appreciated, not only for its narcotic effects, but likewise on account of some medicinal virtues which it has been reputed to enjoy. The markets of St. Paul de Loanda are mostly supplied from the Dongós, and other adjacent tribes, and from St. Salvador, and the towns in the vicinity of Upper Kongo.