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firland, being composed of hard trap rock. 
The Kaffir smith heated the iron, and worked 
it with a small rude hammer, and a pair of 
pincers. When heavier blows were required, 
his assistant used a large stone, in lieu of a 
sledge hammer. 
The fire was built against the side of a large 
ant-heap, at the end of a tunnel, which was 
bored through it. Into the other end of this 
little tube the noses of the native bellows 
were inserted; these latter articles consisting 
of two large bags made of ox-hide, a bullock's 
horn being fastened to the bottom corner of 
each bag, through which, the air caught in 
the bags was forced. The mode of inflating 
the bags was very ingenious. Along the top 
of each, which is left open, two sticks are 'at- 
tached, parallel to each other. The man work- 
ing the bellows, having his fingers connected 
with one of these sticks, and his thumb with 
the other, by then opening and closing his hand, 
opens and shuts the mouth of the bag, which is 
on a similar principle to the clap-net of an 
entomologist. As the Kaffir raises the bags, 
he opens his hand to admit the air, and closing 
it as he presses the bag down again, he thus 
forces the current of air, through the bullock's 
horn at the bottom, into the tunnel, and from 
thence through the fire. 
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