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... on an emergency , with success as a burning - glass . Fire - sticks . - The sticks that savages use require a long apprenticeship to work with , and it is only particular § 1. TO OBTAIN A SPARK . 17 To obtain a Spark.
... on an emergency , with success as a burning - glass . Fire - sticks . - The sticks that savages use require a long apprenticeship to work with , and it is only particular § 1. TO OBTAIN A SPARK . 17 To obtain a Spark.
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... savage is proficient . The spark should be received into a kind of loose nest of the most inflammable substances at hand , which ought to be prepared before the tinder is lighted . When by careful blowing or fanning the flame is once ...
... savage is proficient . The spark should be received into a kind of loose nest of the most inflammable substances at hand , which ought to be prepared before the tinder is lighted . When by careful blowing or fanning the flame is once ...
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... Savages are always getting burnt , and we should take warning from their carelessness ; sometimes they find a single scathed tree without branches , and which they have no means of felling ; this they set fire to as it stands , and when ...
... Savages are always getting burnt , and we should take warning from their carelessness ; sometimes they find a single scathed tree without branches , and which they have no means of felling ; this they set fire to as it stands , and when ...
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... savage will never wash unless he can grease himself afterwards , -grease takes the place of clothing to him . I mentioned previously a Swedish proverb ; it would be very true if varied thus , " Grease and dirt are the savage's wearing ...
... savage will never wash unless he can grease himself afterwards , -grease takes the place of clothing to him . I mentioned previously a Swedish proverb ; it would be very true if varied thus , " Grease and dirt are the savage's wearing ...
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... savage despot : then to him or his chiefs appeals would of course be made ; but , for the most part , the system of life among savages is- " The simple rule , the good old plan , -- That they should take who have the power , And they ...
... savage despot : then to him or his chiefs appeals would of course be made ; but , for the most part , the system of life among savages is- " The simple rule , the good old plan , -- That they should take who have the power , And they ...
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Africa animal ARTICLES OF CONSUMPTION bags bark barrel beast Bird-lime birds boat boiling bullets burning-glass bush Bushmen calabashes canvass caravan carry Catgut cattle charcoal clothes compass convenient dozen encamp expedition explorer Fcap feet fire Fish-hooks Frémont grass grease gunpowder hand head heavy hole horn horse iron Isinglass journey keep lashed leather legs light mackintosh meat moleskin musquito natives night octavo book oxen pack pack-saddle palanquin paper party passed percussion cap piece Plates poisoned pole Portrait Post 8vo powder quill raw hide require rifle rope round rubbed saddle saltpetre sand savages Second Edition secured sextant sheet shot side skin South Africa spare spelter sportsmen stick stone string taken tent thing Third Edition thong throw tied tinder traveller tree Vols waggon weight wood Woodcuts
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