192 TRAVELS IN 
ed in great hafte, and in a very rude man- 
ner, a pair of bellows, which were not more 
powerful than thofe generally ufed in our 
kitchens. Two pieces of hoop, which I placed 
in the infide, ferved to keep the {kin always 
at an equal diftance ; and I did not forget to 
make a hole in the inferior part, to give a 
readier admittance to the air — a fimple me- 
thod of which they had no conception, and 
for want of which they were obliged to wafte 
a great deal of time in filling their Iheep's 
Ikin. I had no iron pipe; but, as I only meant 
to make a model, I fixed to the extremity of 
mine a toothpick cafe, after fawing oiF one 
of its ends. I then placed my inftrument on 
the ground, near the fire ; and having fixed a 
forked filck in the ground, I laid acrofs it a 
kind of lever, which was fattened to a bit of 
packthread proceeding from the bellows, and 
to which was fixed a piece of lead weighing 
feven or eight pounds. To form a juft idea 
of the furprife of thefe CafFres on this occa- 
fioD, one muft have feen with what attention 
they beheld all my operations ; the uncer- 
tainty under which they Vv^ere, and their anx- 
iety to difcover what would be the event. 
They could not reftrain their acclamations, 
when 
