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wrought, and then proceeded in the man- 
ner before mentioned, except only that 
they did not remove the hair. Thus they 
foon provided themfelves with the necef- 
fary materials for all the parts of drefs 
they wanted. 
But here another difficulty occurred. — 
They had neither awls for making 
fhoes or boots, nor needles for fewing 
their garments. This want however they 
foon fupplied by means of the bits of 
iron they had occaiionally collected. Out 
of thefe they made both; and by their 
tnduitry even brought them to a certain 
degree of perfection. The making eyes to 
their needles gave them indeed no little 
trouble ; but this they alfo performed with 
the affiftance of their knife; for having 
ground it to a very fharp point, and 
heated red hot a kind of wire forged for 
that purpofe, they pierced a hole through 
one end, and by whetting and fmooth- 
ing it on itones, brought the other to 
a point, and thus gave the whole needle 
a very 
