. Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History. Natural history; Ethnology. Polvncsian Fire Rfakiiiir. T^5 tlie\? "passed by on the other ; If tlicy came from th,e American coiilinent that also was a land where Ijcfore the coming of the white in,aii the hre drill was imi\-ersal1\' used. With the curious disdain the .Hawaiian sccnrs to feel for the works, processes or results of Iris forebears in heathen times, one cannot be surprised at the utter h)rget- fiilness that has fallen on modern representatives of this great Polynesian fa
. Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History. Natural history; Ethnology. Polvncsian Fire Rfakiiiir. T^5 tlie\? "passed by on the other ; If tlicy came from th,e American coiilinent that also was a land where Ijcfore the coming of the white in,aii the hre drill was imi\-ersal1\' used. With the curious disdain the .Hawaiian sccnrs to feel for the works, processes or results of Iris forebears in heathen times, one cannot be surprised at the utter h)rget- fiilness that has fallen on modern representatives of this great Polynesian family so annoying when tlie archaeologist tries to resuscitate old customs. Almost as soon. as a matchbox could be obtained the ancient imphnncnts of fireiuaking which had well served conntless generations were consigned to ihc liuibo of useless things, and their very names soon erased from menu;)ry. Names that were obtained more than half a centni*}' ago and embalmed in print arc the only relics of many a useful and to US interesting process in the daily life of the primitive settlers iu the I^icific. I Ir'ivc seen old Hawaiiaiis who worked for Kamehamcha the Great make fire at my rc(]uest, but as the present generation is ignorant of these nnittcrs and not eager to be pht)to- siieli **old fashioned things'' I turn to their bin iu New Zealand for an illustration (Fig. 98) of the old Hawaiian method of nudging lire: it was done on I 299]. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum. Honolulu : Bishop Museum Press
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