FIRE-MAKING APPARATUS, 



573 



other sources we know that the extinct Beothucs, of Newfoundland, 

 did the same.* 



As far as can be ascertained, the Eskimo and Indians both use the 

 method, so that it is not characteristic of either, as the four-part drill 

 is of the Eskimo, as contrasted with the simple rotation sticks of the 

 [ndians. A description of a flint and pyrites outfit, as at present used, 

 will give a general idea of the status of the invention. In different 

 localities the manipulation differs somewhat, as will be noted farther on. 



FiK. 44. 

 a vStiiike-a-ligiit. 



(Seven Barrows. Berks County, Encl^nd. From Lubbock's Early Man in Britain, p. 258.) 

 b STltlKRA-LlGHT. 

 (Cat. No. 1861. U. S. N. M. Indians of Fort Simpson, Mackenzie R.ver district, B. C. Collected by B. U. Ross. ) 



The strike-alight (:N"o. 128405) was collected by Capt. E. V. Heren- 

 deen from natives who told him that it came from Cape Bathurst, hence 



J. Antbrop. Inst, Cfreat Britain and Ireland, v, p. 225, 



