Joly, N. (Nicolas), 1812-1885 · London : Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co. · leaf 204
by means of aburning glass. A similar means was employed by the an-cient priests of Peru to light the tire for sacrifices. It isone of those pious customs by which men are shown thatthey revere the memory of their remotest ancestors. An instrument somewhat resembling that used by theHindu Brahmins… … Fig. G9, EstjuisrArx i.if;nTiN(; a i iue ii\ mkaxs ok TUK TlKJ.Vt; IJV.IIA.. the other rests in a litth^ hullow made in another piece ofdry wood ; it is put in motion by means of a thong twistedtwice round the uprigl)t stick, and which the two handsdraw alternately to the riglit and to the left.…
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