I saw no iron, nor any sort of metal; therefore it is probable they use stone hatchets, as some Indians in America do, described in Chapter 4.
(*Footnote.

Probably a boomerang.

See volume 1.) "How they get their fire I know not; but probably as Indians do, out of wood.

I have seen the Indians of Bon-Airy do it, and have myself tried the experiment.

They take a flat piece of wood that is pretty soft, and make a small dent in one side of it, then they take another hard, round stick, about the bigness of one's little finger, and sharpened at one end like a pencil, they put that sharp end in the hole or dent of the flat soft piece, and then rubbing or twirling the hard piece between the palm of their hands, they drill the soft piece till it smokes, and at last takes fire.
"These people speak somewhat through the throat; but we could not understand one word that they said.