THE FIRE PISTON—BALFOUR. 593 
Fic. 37. Fire piston, west coast of British North Borneo; of very unusual con- 
struction; cylinder of lead (or lead and tin), cast in bamboo mold, with lateral 
notch on one side at lower end, from which a duct leads to the bottom of the 
bore in the cylinder; length of cylinder, 10.3 cm.; piston of wood, 13.5 cm., 
capped with lead at the lower extremity. Collected by Mr. P. Beaufort, 1890; 
given by Sir R. Biddulph Martin, Bart., to the author, 1907. 
Fig. 38. Fire piston, Borneo; of wood. Copied from C. M. Pleyte, ‘* Indone- 
sisches Feuerzeug,” Globus, LIX, No. 4. 
Fic. 39. Fire piston, Buitenzorg, west Java; of black horn; cylinder, 10.6 em., 
engraved; piston riveted to knob, which is hollowed out for vegetable-floss tin- 
der. Collected by Mr. C. M. Pleyte; author’s collection. 
Fig. 40. Fire piston, Kediri, east central Java; of black horn; cylinder, 7 cm. 
Cambridge Museum; figure taken from facsimile belonging to Mr. BE. Bidwell. 
Fic. 41. Fire piston, Java; of buffalo horn; the knob of the piston hollowed 
and fitted with lid, forming a tinder-box. Copied from C. M. Pleyte, * Indone- 
sisches Feuerzeug.” Globus. LIX, No. 4. 
Fig. 42. Fire piston, Flores Island, East Malayan Archipelago; made of horn; 
cylinder fitted with tinder receptacle at lower end. Vienna Museum; from a 
rough sketch. 
Fic. 43. Fire piston, [gorrotes of Bontoc, North Luzon, Philippine Islands; of 
wood, engraved; piston of wood; tinder holder of bamboo, 10 em. Collected by 
Herr C. Semper; Dresden Museum; copied from A. B. Meyer, Publ. a. d. 
Konigl. Ethn. Museum zu Dresden, VIII, pl. 17, fig. 18. 
lic. 44. Fire piston, Igorrotes of Tiagan, North Luzon; of buffalo horn; 
cylinder, $8.8 cm.; piston, 12.7 cm.; engraved bamboo tinder holder, S cm. Sem- 
per collection, Dresden Museum; copied from same source, fig. 19. 
Fic. 45. Fire piston, Igorrotes of Tiagan, Lepanto and Bontoe, North Luzon, 
evlinder of buffalo horn; piston of wood: a bamboo holder with cotton tinder 
belongs to this. Collected by Dr. Alexander Schadenberg, Dresden Museum 
(30313) ; copied from a sketch kindly made by Irene Rust of Vienna. 
Fic. 46. Fire piston, Calinga tribe, Nueva Viscaya, North Luzon; faceted 
eylinder of horn, c. 6.8 em.; piston of wood. Ethnological Museum, Rome 
(49164) ; from a rough sketch. 
Fie. 47. Fire piston, Luzon, Philippine Islands; cylinder of black horn, 7.5 
em.; piston of wood. E. Bidwell collection. 
