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The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898: Volume 48, 1751-1765

Note 25 — Chapter IX

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This is the fire-saw, a variant on the fire-drill so generally used by the North American Indians and other savage peoples. See description and illustration of the fire-saw used in Borneo, (similar to that of the Zambals), in Ling Roth’s Natives of Sarawak, i, pp. 377, 378. ↑

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