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The Malay archipelago : the land of the orang-utan ... - Wallace Online

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;130 THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO. [chap.<strong>the</strong> anvil, and a small vice was fixed on <strong>the</strong> projecting root <strong>of</strong> atree outside. <strong>The</strong>se, with a few files and hammers, were literally<strong>the</strong> only tools with which an old man makes <strong>the</strong>se fine guns,finishing <strong>the</strong>m himself from <strong>the</strong> rough iron and wood.I was anxious to know how <strong>the</strong>y bored <strong>the</strong>se long barrels,which seemed perfectly true and are said to shoot admirablyancl, on asking <strong>the</strong> Gusti, received <strong>the</strong> enigmatical answer^/^awiiU.GUN-BORING.V"We use a basket full <strong>of</strong> stones." Being utterly unable toimagine what he could mean, I asked if I could see how <strong>the</strong>y didit, and one <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> dozen little boys around us was sent to fetch<strong>the</strong> basket. He soon returned Avith this most extraordinaiyl)oring-machine, <strong>the</strong> mode <strong>of</strong> using which <strong>the</strong> Gusti <strong>the</strong>n ex-]ilained to me. It was simply a strong bamboo basket, through

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