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portion which projects beyond the piston end being left 
rather loose in order that it may be easily kindled by the 
spark. When the piston is ready, its distal end is inserted 
in the cylinder: the cylinder is then grasped firmly in the 
left hand, and the piston driven home by a sharp blow on 
its proximal end, extracted smartly, and the tinder is found 
to be alight. A little experience of the instrument is neces- 
sary to get the best results, especially with regard to the 
withdrawal of the piston. This must be done quickly, but 
not roughly, or the spark wiil be extinguished. The follow- 
ing are descriptions of our specimens :— 
(i) Apt ooe (gobek apt) with tin cylinder and wooden 
pis ather clumsily made. J,ength of cy- 
finde? 8°6 cms. ; length of piston Io.Iems. From 
k. 
Larut, Per: 
(ii) ) Fire-piston A ai = ee cylinder and piston both 
f buff orn ength of cylinder 7°6 cms. ; 
length - piston ee ems. Made at sah sod 
Upper Perak, in 1917 for I. fio N. Evans by a 
alay craftsman named Ismail. 
(iii) Well-made fire-piston (gobek aps) with tin cylinder 
and n piston. Length of cylinder 9°5 
ens eaigeh of piston r0°5 cms. Collected by 
me ig: ray at Pulau Tiga, Lower Perak. Mu- 
number 2135/06 
(iv) Fire. ‘sydiigé (gobek api) with horn cylinder and 
woo iston. An old specimen. Length of 
cylinder 7°6 cms.; length of piston 89 cms. 
Collected at Lenggong, Upper Perak, by I. H. N. 
Evans. Museum number 7/1 
(v) Fire-piston (gobek api) with both cylinder and pis- 
uffalo horn. A small pouch for tinder is 
attached by a cord to the lower end of the cylin- 
der. Length of cylinder 8°8 cms. ; length of pis- 
. Lower Perak. 
(vi) Small fire-piston (cylinder and piston both of buffa- 
lo horn) with spatula and tinder-box attached 
it. The tinder-box, which is made from a 
nut of some kind, and has a wooden stopper, is 
tied by a string to the base of the cylinder, 
while the spatula, a French nail with the point 
beaten out, is also attached to the same part of 
the instrument. The piston and the cylinder are 
connected by a cord. Length of cylinder 48 
ems.; length of piston 5°5 cms. ‘‘ Patani.’’ 
Collected by G. F. Bozzolo. 
(vii) seo “cay (gobek api) with cylinder of buffalo 
and piston of wood. The specimen is re- 
lagicsbihe for an upturned spike proceeding from 
its base. This, when the instrument is held 
