ART. 14 



FIEE-MAKING APPARATUS — HOUGH 



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flint from Guadalajara (fig. 50) came from Brandon. It is real cal- 

 careous flint, such as does not exist in this country. The steel is the 

 "swallowtail" pattern. The tinder is of prepared fungus sold m 

 little packets. 



FIG. 48.-STRIKE-A-UGHT (FLINT, STEEL. TINDER HORN, SPUNK, AND ^^VCU) C^^'^O- 22104, U.S.N.M. 



Cheyenne Indians, Arkansas. Collected by Dr. J. H. Barry 



The Koords of Bhotan, eastern Turkey, carry a pipe pouch con- 

 taming besides flmt, steel, and tinder, a pipe pick and a pair of pin- 

 cers, to transfer the lighted tinder to the pipe. (Fig. 52 ) The tinder 

 is prepared from a fungus, probably a species of polyporus. ihe 



