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FIRE-MAKING APPARATUS — HOUGH 



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The thong of the drill bow being passed twice around the drill, the upper end 

 is steadied by a mouthpiece of wood, having a piece of the same stone embedded, 

 with a countersunk cavity. This, held firmly between the teeth, directs the tool. 

 Any workman would be astonished at the performance of this tool on ivory; but 

 having once tried it myself, I found the jar or vibration on the jaws, head, and 

 brain quite enough to prevent my repeating it.'' 



The ethnographical study of the Eskimo fire drill begins with 

 Labrador, including Greenland and following the distribution of the 



Figs. 19-21.— Fire-making set and extra hearth. Cat. No. 10258, TJ.S.N.M. Frobisher Bat. 

 Collected by C. F. Hall. 20, Moss m a leathern case. Cat. No. 10191, U.S.N.M. 

 Collected by C. F. Hall 



people among the islands and around the North American coast to 

 Kodiak Island and the Aleutian chain. The following is an interest- 

 ing account from Labrador, showing what a man would do in the 

 exigency : 



He cut a stout stick from a neighboring larch, and taking out the leather thong 

 with which his moccasins were tied, made a short bow and strung it. He then 



»> Trans. Ethnol. Soc, p. 140, London, 1861. 



