Implements and Artefacts of the North-east Greenlanders. 



451 



The only item in the collection illustrative of the Eskimo method 

 of obtaining fire by drilling, is 

 that shown in Fig. 37, from house 

 134 on Renskseret. It is a narrow, 

 irregular stick of wood, cut off at 

 both ends, and formed the bot- Fig ' 37> ' /2 ' 



torn of a fire set. On the upper side are three hollows, on the 

 lower side one, all bored with the fire drill. 



