SUMATRA. 
the prang or bill, the kanchee, rml&y^ Ullhng and papaled^ which 
are different fpecies of adzes, the capa or ax and the panmr or hoe* 
Their fire is made with charcoal ; the foffil coal which the country pro- 
duces being rarely, if ever; employed, except by the Europeans.* 
Their bellows are thus conftrufted. Two bamboos of about four inches 
diameter and five feet in length, fland perpendicularly, near the fire; 
open at the upper end, and ftopt below. About an inch or two from 
the bottom, a fmall joint of bamboo is inferted into each, which ferve* 
as nozles, pointing to, and meeting at the fire. To produce a ftream 
of air, bunches of feathers or other foft fubftance, being faflened to 
long handles, arc worked up and down in the upright tubes, like the 
pifton of a pump. Thefe when puihed down ward s^ force the air through 
the fmall horizontal tubes ; and by raifing and finking each akcrnately, 
a continual current or blaft is kept up; for which purpofe a boy is ufu- 
.ally placed on a high fear or ftand. 
The progrefs they have made in carpenter's work has been already 
pointed out, where their buildings were defcribed. They are ignorant 
of the tife of the faw, excepting where we have introduced it among 
them. Trees are felled by chopping at the items, and in procuring 
boards, they are confined to thofe, the diredrion of whofe grain, or 
other qualities, admit of their being eafily fplit afunder* In this refpc^l 
the waranti and maracooly have the preference. The tree, being flrippcd 
of Ics'branchcs and its bark, is cut into the length required, and by the 
help of wedges, fpHr Into boards. Thefe being of irregular rhlcknefs, 
are ufually dubbed upon the fpot. The tool ufed for this purpofe is the 
rcmhay, the corners of which turn up towards the workmen, to prevent 
their catching in the board; but this feems an unnecafTary precaution. 
Moft of their fmaller work, and particularly on the bamboo, is perform- 
ed with the papateel, w^hich refcmbles in lhape, as much as in' name, 
the p/itQOpatco of the New Zclanders, but has the vaft fuperiority of 
• And not by tUem of kteyetrs, yet the report made of it itt> t7i9 was# that ir gave at/krer hat 
than die oal from Eughnd ; the bed of it (though defcribed rather as a large rock above, ground) 
Hes four days journey wp Bcncoolen river, from vvli^tice quantities are walhed down by tlio floods. 
being 
Tools. 
