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 FIKK-MAKING APIWRATUS. other sources we know that the extinct Beothucs, of Newfoundlaud, (lid the same.* As far as can be ascertained, the Eskimo and Indians .both use the method, so that it is not characteristic of either, as the four-part drill is of the Eskimo, as contrasted with the simple rotation sticks of the Indians. A description of a flint and pyrites outfit, as at present used, will give a general idea of the status of the invention. In different localities the manipulation differs somewhat, as will be noted farther on. Finr. 44. a STUlKE-A-LIGirT. (Seven Barrows. Berks County. Encland. From Lubbock's Early Man in Britain, p. 258.) ft Stkikk-a-light. (Cat. No. 1861, U. .S. N. M. Indians of Fort .Simpson, Mackenzie River district, B. C. Collected by B. K. Ross.) The strike-a-light (No. 128405) was collected by Capt. E. V. Heren- deen from natives who told him that it came from Cape Bathurst, hence
 * J. Antlirop. lust. Qrcjit Britain aud Jreljmd, v, p. 225.