isnothingbutapieceofbarkwithahandlefixedintheinsideofit.
Theother,dugoutofsolidwood,iscalled\'aragoon\',andismadeasfollows,withgreatlabour.Onthebarkofatreetheymarkthesizeoftheshield,thendigtheoutlineasdeepaspossibleinthewoodwithhatchets,andlastlyflakeitoffasthickastheycan,bydrivinginwedges.
Theswordisalargeheavypieceofwood,shapedlikeasabre,andcapableofinflictingamortalwound.Inusingittheydonotstrikewiththeconvexside,butwiththeconcaveone,andstrivetohookintheirantagonistssoastohavethemundertheirblows.Thefishing-linesaremadeofthebarkofashrub.Thewomenrollshredsofthisontheinsideofthethigh,soastotwistittogether,carefullyinsertingtheendsofeveryfreshpieceintothelastmade.Theyarenotasstrongaslinesofequalsizeformedofhemp.Thefish-hooksarechoppedwithastoneoutofaparticularshell,andafterwardsrubbeduntiltheybecomesmooth.Theyareverymuchcurved,andnotbarbed.Consideringthequicknesswithwhichtheyarefinished,theexcellenceofthework,ifitbeinspected,isadmirable.Inallthesemanufacturesthesoleofthefootisusedbothbymenandwomenasawork-board.Theychopapieceofwood,oraughtelseuponit,evenwithanirontool,withouthurtingthemselves.
Itisindeednearlyashardasthehoofofanox.
Theirmethodofprocuringfireisthis.Theytakeareedandshaveonesideofthesurfaceflat.Inthistheymakeasmallincisiontoreachthepith,andintroducingastick,purposelybluntedattheend,intoit,turnitroundbetweenthehandsaschocolateismilledasswiftlyaspossible,untilflamebeproduced.Asthisoperationisnotonlylaborious,buttheeffecttedious,theyfrequentlyrelieveeachotherattheexercise.