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Title: The Malay Archipelago : the land of the oranguatan, and the bird of paradise. A narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature
Identifier: afj1365.0001.001.umich.edu
Year: 1869 (1860s)
Authors: Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913
Subjects: Natural history; Ethnology
Publisher: New York : Harper
Contributing Library: University of Michigan
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Native G-un-Makers. 179 boring-macliine, tlie mode of using which the gusti then ex- plained to me. It was simply a strong bamboo basket, through the bottom of which was stuck upright a pole about three feet long, kept in its place by a few sticks tied across the top with rattans. The bottom of the pole has an iron ring, and a hole
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GUN-BORING. in which four-cornered borers of hardened iron can be fitted. The barrel to be bored is buried upright in the ground, the borer is inserted into it, the top of the stick or vertical shaft is held by a cross-piece of bamboo with a hole in it, and the basket is filled with stones to get the required weight. Two boys turn the bamboo round. The barrels are made in

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  • bookdecade:1860
  • bookcentury:1800
  • bookauthor:Wallace_Alfred_Russel_1823_1913
  • booksubject:Natural_history
  • booksubject:Ethnology
  • bookpublisher:New_York_Harper
  • bookcontributor:University_of_Michigan
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