Old time Hawaiians and their work . ^mg FIRE AND COOKING 39 to do. I will rub the top of your head until it is red with blood, andthe spot will always remain. (He rubs the alaes head vigorously as it struggles to get away.) The Hawaiians made fireby friction. They made agroove in a small .stick ofsoft dry wood, usually fromthe hc-ni tree. Inserting thepoint of a small sharpenedstick of hard wood intothe groove, they rubbed itquickly back and forth. Ina short time the wood wascharred, and in about a min-ute smoke began to comeand a tiny flame appeared,it set fire to the end of a roll of. ^^ Bal
Old time Hawaiians and their work . ^mg FIRE AND COOKING 39 to do. I will rub the top of your head until it is red with blood, andthe spot will always remain. (He rubs the alaes head vigorously as it struggles to get away.) The Hawaiians made fireby friction. They made agroove in a small .stick ofsoft dry wood, usually fromthe hc-ni tree. Inserting thepoint of a small sharpenedstick of hard wood intothe groove, they rubbed itquickly back and forth. Ina short time the wood wascharred, and in about a min-ute smoke began to comeand a tiny flame appeared,it set fire to the end of a roll of. ^^ Ball or Tapa for carrying Firi This was fanned untiltwisted tapa. People were verycareful of this used it prin-cipally for cooking,which was doneout of doors. Theiinii, or o\en, wasa hole dug in theground, several feetin diameter and aboutstones. On top came a
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