The Bookshelf for boys and girls Children's Book of Fact and Fancy part 2 (1912)
University Society, New York · New York : University Society · leaf 35
often started by the rubbing ofthe bamboo stocks together in high-wind storms. The creaking ofthe bamboo is indescribable; thenoise of the rasping and grindingof the horny stems is almost un-endurable during thesestorms, say travelers. However the methodmay have been suggestedto them, it is a… … particles fall below and ignite. Some Malayshave improved on this by striking a piece ofchina, tinder being held with it, against the out-side of a piece of bamboo, the silicious coatingof the latter yielding a spark, like flint; butthe sawing knife is more commonly used.Sand is sometimes added to…
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