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drawn together, and carefully faftencd. The 
perfon who ufed this Inftrument, holding the 
pipe to the fire with one hand, puflied for- 
wards and drew back the extremity of the 
Ikin with the other ; and though this fatigu=- 
ing method did not always give Intenfity to 
the fire fufficient to heat the iron, yet as thefe 
poor Cyclops were acquainted with no other^ 
they were never difcouraged, I fincerely pi- 
tied them; and the pains they took to accom- 
plifh their end, redoubled the pleafure which 
I enjoyed in pointing out to them an eafier 
and much more efFeftual procefs. I had great 
difficulty to make them comprehend how 
much fuperior the bellows of our forges ia 
Europe were to their invention; and being 
perfuaded that the little they might catch of 
my explanation would foon efcape from their 
memories, and would confequently be of no 
real advantage to them, I refolved to add ex-^ 
ample to precept, and to operate myfelf in 
their prefence. Having difpatched one of my 
people to our camp, with orders to bring 
the bottoms of two boxes, a piece of a fum- 
mer krofs, a hoop, a few fmall nails, a ham» 
mer, a faw, and other tools that I might have 
€ccafion for— as foon as he returned, I form- 
ed 
