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is inserted into a small socket shaped place in the first. The upright stick is then whirled between the two hands until the friction causes the small fibers of wood to ignite. This a tedious method of obtaining fire, and the Indians could scarcely realize the value of the previous word crossed out a box of Lucifer matches! Although it is quite a difficult task to provide fire the first time or two yet the sticks become better adapted for the purpose until they are completely worn out

Page of text placed on top of previous text We had made two or three Boat expeditions down the Coast and the inexperienced hunters of the party were always seeing deer & Elk and frequently firing a dozen shots of an evening but as yet I had not seen an Elk and only one or two deer and those very wild George Lount? had shot at Deer & Elk several times but had only killed one deer. Another member of the party had fired 13 shots one evening at Elk, and another had fired 11 times and neither had obtained any game. Any amount of deer were every where visible, and Elk were seen in large bands by every body but me I was becoming much disgusted at my poor luck at finding game, but my luck soon changed, and after camping all night on the beach a few miles below Port Orford. All hands prepared for an early start back on to the hills in the morning where everyone but myself has seen game the evening before! We soon reached the top of the Bluffs immediately back from the ocean & found