| Giovanni Ignazio Molina - 1808 - 694 pages
...houses. They do not use the flint for the purpose of obtaining fire, but empjoy, like the Kamtschatdales, two pieces of dry wood, one of which they place upon...in their hands until it takes fire, which is very spon. Besides dinner, supper and breakfast, they have every day without fail their luncheon, which... | |
| Giovanni Ignazio Molina - 1809 - 428 pages
...houses. They do not use the flint for the purpose of obtaining fire, but employ, like the Kamtschatdales, two pieces of dry wood, one of which they place upon...it takes fire, which is very soon. Besides dinner, s\ippor, and breakfast, they^have every day without fail their luncheon, which consists of a little... | |
| Samuel Griswold Goodrich, Stephen T. Allen - 1842 - 418 pages
...purpose are always planted round the house. Besides dinner, supper, and breakfast, they have, every day, their luncheon, which consists of a little flour of...water in the morning, and in cold in the evening. Such is their common mode of living ; but, on the occasions of funerals, marriages, or any other important... | |
| Walter Hough - 1926 - 834 pages
...Araucaniana "do not use flint for the purpose of obtaining fire, but employ, like the Kamtschatdas, two pieces of dry wood, one of which they place upon...their hands until it takes fire, which is very soon." 10 ARGENTINA " The Patagonians in making fire have two pieces of wood, the one as hard as holly, the... | |
| United States National Museum - 1927 - 938 pages
...Araucanians "do not use flint for the purpose of obtaining fire, but employ, like the Kamtschatdas, two pieces of dry wood, one of which they place upon...their hands until it takes fire, which is very soon." 10 " The Patagonians in making fire have two pieces of wood, the one as hard as holly, the other soft... | |
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