. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution . FiK. vStiiike-a-ligiit. (Seven Barrows. Berks County, Encl^nd. From Lubbocks Early Man in Britain, p. 258.)b STltlKRA-LlGHT.(Cat. No. 1861. U. S. N. M. Indians of Fort Simpson, Mackenzie district, B. C. Collected by B. U. Ross.) The strike-alight (:No. 128405) was collected by Capt. E. V. Heren-deen from natives who told him that it came from Cape Bathurst, hence J. Antbrop. Inst, Cfreat Britain and Ireland, v, p. 225, 574 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, I Fig. 45.—1. TiNUER Pocket. 2. Fire Bao.(Part of Strik
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution . FiK. vStiiike-a-ligiit. (Seven Barrows. Berks County, Encl^nd. From Lubbocks Early Man in Britain, p. 258.)b STltlKRA-LlGHT.(Cat. No. 1861. U. S. N. M. Indians of Fort Simpson, Mackenzie district, B. C. Collected by B. U. Ross.) The strike-alight (:No. 128405) was collected by Capt. E. V. Heren-deen from natives who told him that it came from Cape Bathurst, hence J. Antbrop. Inst, Cfreat Britain and Ireland, v, p. 225, 574 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, I Fig. 45.—1. TiNUER Pocket. 2. Fire Bao.(Part of Strike-a-light set). (Cat. No. 128i0,j, U. S. N. M. Mackenzie River District, B. C. be assigned the specimen to thislocality on the evidence. Murdoch has, with a greatdeal of probability^, questionedthis and thinks that it camefrom Herschel Island with therest of Mr. Herendeens collec-tion and did not come from asfar east as Cape there is no improbabilitythat this method is practiced atCape Bathurst, yet the specimenhas the appearance of the Mac-kenzie River strike-a-lights,hence it is deemed advisable tolocate it in the Mackenzie Riverdistrict at Herschel Island. The essential parts of the ap-paratus are a piece of pyrites, apiece of flint and tinder. In themore northern parts of the Herendeen.) EsfclmO arCa, tiudei IS ffiadO from the down from the stems and catkins of various species of dwarf arctic willows. At present the natives often soak the tinder in a strong solution bf gunpowder and water
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