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steel, shaped like an old-fashioned bell pull, is a very good form for 

 holding in the hand. 



The Chinese strike-a-light is the customary appendage to the pipe 

 pouch. It is a very ingenious way for combining the steel with a 



Fig. 49.— Strike-a-light. (Pouch foe holding flint and steel.) Cat. No. 6972, 

 U.S.N.M. Comanche Indians, Texas. Collected By Edward Palmer 



pouch in which to keep the flint and tinder. (Fig. 51.) In Tibet 

 they are made very large and are finely decorated. One owned by 

 Mr. W. W. Rockhill has a curving steel between 5 and 6 inches long, 

 finely carved. The pouch was trimmed with encrusted silver set 

 with jewels. 



