Indian wood sawyer, 18th century. Man in dhoti working outside with a saw. He mounts the wood between two joists planted in the ground. Scieur de bois. Copperplate engraving by Jean-Baptiste Marie Poisson after an illustration by Pierre Sonnerat from his Voyage aux Indes Orientales et à la Chine (Voyage to the East Indies and China, Dentu, Paris, 1806.

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