160 STORY OF AN INDIAN WOMAN. 



causes so great a heat, as to set fire to the little mor- 

 sel of steel which is struck off by the violent blow. 

 I suppose the poor woman knew that sparks could 

 be struck out from two hard stones ; and that she 

 found, by good fortune, some pieces of decayed 

 wood, fit to be set on fire by them : but as this 

 method was very laborious and uncertain, she 

 thought it best to keep her fire burning, with 

 great anxiety, through the whole winter. 



