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fmoke and take fire (a). It is not to be 
pre fumed that our unfortunate failors were 
L 2 ac- 
(a) Sec what Lab at •• on this '> jeft, in his 
New Voyages to the Am - ...r Ijlands, when (peaking 
of the Cay-ribs. But I — od here ad;!, that 
this is not the only in inner ct procu; ug a fire, in 
ufe amongft the Americans. Some i f them have 
fallen on another expedient, which is a lingular 
contrivance, a machine peculiarly adapted to *he 
purpofc; and what is more remarkable, cvr- he 
inhabitants of Kamtfchatra ufe the fame inflrumenf. 
Here I beg leave to lay before the reader what 
Counfellor Miller has faici on this fubicct in 
his Account of the Difcoveries made by the Riijiaris, 
before quoted, page 257. " Mr. Steller 
" came to a place where the Americans had but 
il juft dined, but the inftant he approached they 
" retired. He there found an arrow, and a wooden 
" inftrument for making fire, exaclly fimilar to 
" thofc ufed for that purpofc in Kamtfcbatka" 
In a note fubjoincd, he gives the following defcrm- 
tion of it : " This is a piece of board with leveral 
" holes in it, and a ftick, the one end of v. hich 
" is thruft into one of thefe holes, whilft the 
" other end is whirled round between the hands, 
" until the fvvift gyration fets tlie hole on fire; 
" then the fparks are caught on fume fubftancc 
" like 
